Oh Dear!
It was just yesterday when I wrote about the heat and humidity and this morning we woke up to a thunder storm in a night-like dark sky. And it’s been raining buckets since!
There’re no birds out and no seeds either. I can’t just waste food that would wash out in one minute.
For today’s post I have some photos of my precious Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. I’m starting to notice an absence of many birds, I wonder if there’s a change to their migration schedule?
Text and photographs © H.J. Ruiz -Avian 101
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Fun Day in the Country
We’re going through a heat wave in my area! To this add a lot of humidity to it! _ It’s just horrible to do some work outdoors!
It took me two days to finish mowing the lawn and do the trimming! Working under these conditions I get soaked in sweat!
Why did I have to do the work now? Because my lawn grass was getting ruined, with the continuous rain we had prevented me to mow the lawn and it then the grass grows too long, and when is long retains to much water water and then rots. It becomes costly already having Turf Masters come, add fertilizer, pest and weed control for the grass to be nice and green. I have to mow it!
Changing subject
We were invited to spend the day at our friend’s country home and we drove two and a half hours to see them, we had a great time, had BBQ next to their pond, the grill was over fire burning hickory logs, it was great! The kids had fun at the swing hanging from a tree, they ran around chasing the 5 dogs they own, also had a fishing contest (My friends have stocked their pond with fish: Bass, Cat Fish, Carp, two kinds of sunny fish)
Tyler, my 3 year old won the contest, he did 2 castings and caught 2 fish, one of them was the largest at 6 inches! The fish are still growing and they’re retuned to the pond. I bet you that next year that big pond will be filled with big fish.
There was a tractor ride also. They went around the pond and other trails.
Would you believe me if I tell you I didn’t see one single bird all day? I shot some pictures of Damsels and dragonflies which are abundant flying around.
We had to contend with the high temperature and the unbelievable humidity here too!.
Later in the afternoon we drove back home, totally exhausted! But it was a fun day for everyone!
Text and photographs © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101
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Panoramic View of Birds
Three House Finch – Click on image to see enlargement.
© H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101
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Hawkish Attitude
For the past few days the weather temperature in our area has gone higher and it’s very humid also. Not very comfortable for anyone. The birds that are consuming all the seeds I put in my feeders and in matter of minutes are the Brown-headed Cowbirds and Mourning Doves. Lots of them!
I’m sure that I’ve written about this matter several times before, sorry, I can’t help it. These birds eat too much, too fast and they fight too often. This morning I found a broken dish and a toppled flower pot on my deck. Last week they broke a dish also. This is because they fight each other to place themselves in front of the dish and the melee gets out of hand and ends up with the breaking of the dish and creating a total mess.
It’s going to be boring in my back yard until those birds leave, besides, they prevent other birds to get near the feeders. Hmmmm… I wonder where the Hawks are now?
Text and photographs © H.J. Ruiz – Avian 101
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“A good chuckle is healthy, it helps you break the monotony of a serious life.” ~ H.J. Ruiz
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