Recent entries
RTHU migration continues... - 2024-10-01
flight or fight, some say both - 2024-09-29
a touch of cool weather - 2024-09-27
so many ruby-throated hummingbirds, so little time - 2024-09-22
ruby-throat migration - 2024-09-16
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A bibliography of my published books and stories.
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My Bird Lists -- My Louisiana State Life List, My Yard List and, tah dah, My World Life List.
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francine and the hummingbird parade
2024-09-13 - 6:29 a.m.
Quick Francine write-up. Flooding reached into the garage but no higher. Power was out for 15 hours. My notes describe the wind as "unimpressive," which I now see from reports is because the highest wind gusts here were 54 MPH.
The most notable part of the whole experience was the large number of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, many beautiful full adult males, who "fell out" in my yard to wait out the storm. They were everywhere, squeaking in the trees, dogfighting over the feeders, the most aggressive posing and knocking each other off the best perches-- some of those perches being spots on the curve of the shepherd's hooks or nearby bare branches where they could bathe in the rain. Too cute.
Walking around the neighborhood with Cookie in my backpack the next day, I could also hear them all over the neighborhood. Who knows how many... a hidden stream of hummingbirds soon to be on their way south again.
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