What’s Up? – Fig…ure this!
Fig…ure This!
While we are approaching Autumn, our days are getting shorter and the temperature has dropped a few degrees, still hot but not so much. Rain has diminished in frequency.
I’m starting to see more of the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, since the nectar doesn’t warm up so much under the sun. Other birds are making feeders very busy again, that includes a single squirrel. I see many Mourning doves and Brown-headed Cowbirds, fighting for the a better chance to stuff themselves with seeds. These have a voracious appetite!
I’m so happy with my fig tree, it’s growing so fast it’s incredible! Last year I planted it and by winter time it practically froze! It was just two or three sticks black as carbon. My wife said it was most likely dead. She came to that conclusion based on what a neighbor, we bought on fig tree each and planted them. Theirs froze too and got rid of it. I decided to just leave the blackened sticks alone and voila as soon as the Spring started, I saw little buds sooting out of the ground directly from the roots of the fig tree! Now, is over six feet tall!
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H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
wow – so glad you had that instinct to let the tree be….
nice!
and lovely images today
Thank you Ivette! Happy Holiday! 🙂
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Good gardening. It is amazing what nature can do.
Yes! I usually get inspired by your wife’s gardening. Please let her know that. Thank you! 🙂
Congratulations on your fig tree! I love figs. Alas I have no room for any more trees or I’d be tempted. Love your hummingbirds. We have been in and out of rain all weekend.
Thank you Lisa! Our weather has dropped a few degrees of temperature. This allows the hummingbirds to be out more often and drink more nectar. We’re starting to see more rain, there’s a hurricane near the Gulf of Mexico. 🙂
Nature and wildlife prove to be more resilient than we think at times, yay on your fig tree! Great bird series, HJ!
Yes, I agree 100%! Thank you very much Donna! 🙂