Pretty birdies!
We have hummingbirds!!You might remember me saying a week or two ago that I intended to put up a hummingbird feeder? Well, I got one and hung it up on the terrace. As per the instructions I put it near some flowers (the only pot of geraniums not destroyed by the hailstorm), and waited. For several days there was nothing - awwww - but then my flatmates, who tend to spend more time on the roof than I, said they'd seen them coming!
I saw one for the first time three days ago and, needless to say, I've been spending a lot of time on the roof since then! They really are backwards and forwards constantly: sit there for ten minutes and you're almost guaranteed to see one.
I've also managed to get myself told off several times by one cheeky little beggar when it's arrived to find me too close to the feeder (it hangs quite close to the washing machine, this being the only place I could put it): the little darling, no bigger than my thumb, darts up and down roughly at eye level about a metre from my body chirping what are most DEFINITELTY hummingbird insults at me! Then it gives me a final glare and zips away, only to return when I've withdrawn to a more acceptable distance. I wonder if it realises that I thoroughly enjoy the chance to admire it at such close quarters?
posted by Paulette @ 1:14 PM
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