A few minutes in the back yard

For them not interested in reading, you can go directly to the SmugMug Gallery HERE.  

For a SmugMug slideshow click HERE. When you click the link, it will open in a new window and you have two options:
1) Manually scroll through the photos by clicking the “<” and “>” symbols to the left or right of the photos.
2) There’s a PLAY/PAUSE button at the bottom-left of the screen with the transition set at about 5 seconds. Note: clicking the PLAY arrow will run a full-screen slideshow. You can then still use the”<” and “>” symbols to the left or right of the photos as this will pause the slideshow.

In this case, either option gives you the same experience but one has larger photos.

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Bird 1: “Whatcha doin’?”
Me: “Drinking coffee and snappin’ photos of flowers . . . “
Me: “. . . and bugs on flowers.”
Me: “Can you see the three bugs in this and in the last photo?”
Bird 2: “I can see them; two June Bugs and a bee.”
Bird 1: “I don’t have time to look for bugs. I’m on the lookout for other hummingbirds . . .”
Bird 1: “. . . while I take a few sips of this here pseudo-nectar.”
Bird 3: “Hi! Mind if I join you in a non-aggressive way?”
Bird 1: “I don’t mind. It’s a welcome change from the usual attacks.”
Bird 1: “That way, we can both look out for aggressive hummingbirds.”
Bird 3: “Don’t worry; if any show up, I go behind the feeder and then I appear very large and they leave me alone.”
Bird 1: “That’s stupid; it only works if they are on the other side and then they’ll look just as large.”
Bird 3: “Are you calling me stupid?”
Bird 1: “I’m saying the idea is stupid. Besides, they can just fly around to your side.”
Bird 3: “It sounds like you’re calling me stupid. You can forget all about that non-aggressive stuff now; I flare my tail toward you!”
Bird 1: “Oh, for FSM’s sake! I’m outta here.”
Bird 3: “Let me look for other hummingbirds before I take a few sips of this here pseudo-nectar . . .”

Here’s the gallery of the above:

That’s it. This post has ended . . . except for the stuff below.

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14 thoughts on “A few minutes in the back yard

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  1. Love it… love the pictures, love the conversation…..not always a whole lot to smile about, these days, so this post is much appreciated. ❤

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  2. I don’t have the mental fortitude to look for those hidden insects this morning . . . perhaps later. But I did give my attention to your hummingbird conversation and was entertained. Glad you put that conversation last so I didn’t end this segment of time with unfinished business.

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    1. I read hummingbird lips.

      . . . they do too, have lips! Very long and very thin lips. Revlon would go out of business marketing to hummingbirds. One tube would last them a long, long, long time.

      . . . however, they don’t have pockets so it might still be a lucrative business opportunity.

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    1. We have a few more . . .

      You’re probably not seeing the same one all the time because they chase each other away, a new one stays for a bit, and then relinquishes guarding duty to a different bird.

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