Autumn days are lovely with butterflies and vibrant foliage, but I do miss the tiny jewel-like Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Here are a few glimpses into the lives of a couple of resident juveniles born and raised at Flower Hill Farm. Now they are off on wing with thousands of other hummingbirds southbound towards the tropics.Hurricane Irene made a comfy perch by bending Thalictrum 'Lavender Mist' into an arch.My Hummingbird feeder was sometimes also the way station for house-reared Monarchs soon … [Read more...] about Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Within the Late Summer Garden
Silent Verdurous Studies Fluid Hummers Asclepias Leafy Landscape Inhabitants
Juvenile Ruby-throated Hummingbird Mystery Bug Monarch Butterfly Egg Middle Meadow South Garden North Garden Tree Hydrangea The Glint and Giving of Green … [Read more...] about Silent Verdurous Studies Fluid Hummers Asclepias Leafy Landscape Inhabitants
The Crabapple Orchard
A Veery Lovely Funky Orchard Days before were bright Buds and blooms so full of light Now wet and faded Hummingbird dancing A line leading to his mate Wings fold and open Dawn ushers in song As an orchestra tuning Hundreds of notes float in air Spring daily unfolds My thoughts are with butterflies Drops of endless rain … [Read more...] about The Crabapple Orchard
Gardening For Wildlife A New Blog and A New Bird In Apple Blossoms
FEATURING THREE APPLE TREES An Apple Blossom Gateway into the Blueberry Field offers delicious fragrance and nectar for birds and bees. This little male Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up earlier this year than ever before. He arrived on May 5th! Looking west through the Apple gateway up towards the house, gardens and Rock Maples While the Hummers sip nectar the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker maintains his Apple sap holes along the trunk. He's off to the Crabapple … [Read more...] about Gardening For Wildlife A New Blog and A New Bird In Apple Blossoms
Birds in Review Part XXXII ‘A Bird Parade’ Humming Jewels
In honor of the beginning of April and because they have been migrating back from Central America to many North American gardens east of the Mississippi for awhile now, I am allowing Flower Hill Farm's Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) to get in line with the songbirds. There will be a few more songbirds featured in this parade later on. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are precious, precise, flying jewels, weighing only as much as a penny or less. They are tiny wizards of flight able … [Read more...] about Birds in Review Part XXXII ‘A Bird Parade’ Humming Jewels
