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juvenile green heron joins the yard list 2003-09-04 - 9:10 a.m. � 2003, all rights reserved, by Elaine Radford A new bird presented itself for the yard list this morning -- a beautifully striped juvenile Green Heron which perched on the telephone wire to give me a long, close-up look. Hummingbird Report: While I was studying this beauty, I became aware of the large numbers of hummingbirds all around, not just in the area of the trumpet honeycreeper on the fence and the two feeders, but in the trees and tangled vines of the neighbor's yard and the CLECO right-of-way. I could easily see as many as four or five at one time, and I could hear more squeaks from the trees. At one point, two birds -- a full adult male RT and an adult female -- were fighting so enthusiastically that I could hear their bodies smack together. Ouch. This female had a dot on her head, and I got a close look at it to see that it was a dusty pale yellow rather than white. Is someone putting yellow dots to mark banded birds? Or is it a thick coating of pollen from the bird sticking her head into the wrong flower? I'm no longer sure. � 2003, all rights reserved by Elaine Radford I just witnessed an amusing sight from the window -- a sulphur butterfly trying to enjoy its long drink of Cardinal Climber flower in peace and quiet when two brawling hummingbirds came by and temporarily scattered it away from the flower. After they chased off, the butterfly returned and finished enjoying the nectar. And here is a grateful flower from the cypress vine I found and got off the ground a few days ago: � 2003, all rights reserved, Elaine Radford On a less pleasant note...no parrot porch guy this morning either. Perhaps he can wait until the heat of the day to arrive, as he did Tuesday, so that he will be incapable of actually getting any work done again. How long, oh Lord? oh ye of little faith! I'd barely got done posting the above comments when the parrot porch guy arrived. Now let's keep fingers and toes crossed that he actually accomplishes something. evening The inadequacy of the parrot porch, which is full of holes and not remotely rodent-proof and therefore totally unsafe for avian habitation, is too discouraging to discuss. I just discovered that the one cherry tomato plant that came back from being crushed by the oak tree was almost eaten away today by 15 hornworm caterpillars. They were mostly huge and, having devoured all the leaves, were working on eating all the tomatoes. Sigh. The plant was just fine this morning when I picked three cherry tomatoes to eat still warm from the sun. Where do they come from so fast? The hummingbird skirmishes continue to provide endless entertainment. For extra bonus points, we had a brief thundershower this afternoon which brought out a Brown Thrasher, a Carolina Wren, and a Northern Mockingbird to bathe, fluff, and dry themselves along the fence. The wren and thrasher were skin-soaked and looked miserable, but the mocker seemed to be enjoying the whole process. back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford