
25 Feb Indignities heaped on Ma Hummer
We have an Anna’s Hummingbird nesting in our Italian Plum outside our bedroom window. She’s about 3 feet across the tree from where she successfully nested last year.Â
This year it’s a string of indignities. Here she sees a cat walking under the tree. You can see her gorget is ruffled as she is no doubt wondering if she should give this evil cat the what-for.   (We once saw a Cooper’s Hawk fleeing our yard with an Anna’s about 2 inches behind in hot pursuit.)
This morning she got snowed on. She spent about 10 minutes working hard on her nest—which is made of lichen and spider webs.Â
But she’s a stoic.  Here she sits brooding, ready for whatever’s coming next.
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