The Hummingbird

There's a hummingbird that's been coming to our feeder all morning.  He gets a good, long drink, and then he flies off to explore the world around our house.  Every once in a while, he comes back and gets another drink, and then he's off again.  It's like every time his battery gets below 20%, he comes back for a recharge.

Just for grins, I decided to film him with the slo-mo feature on my phone.  Even in slo-mo, you could still barely see his wings flapping, just his body slowly jerking around the feeder.  They are such amazing creatures.

The Birds and the Scarecrow

I have a hay bale on my back porch that I use to practice my spear toss.  It's wrapped in plastic to help hold the hay in and keep it from going everywhere.  Today, I noticed several birds sitting on top of it, shoving their beaks through the holes torn by my spear, and pulling out the hay.  I think they're using it to make a nest somewhere, but I can't be sure.  They may just be messing with me.  Watching them rip the hay out of my bale was like watching the flying monkeys dismantle the scarecrow.  There's pieces of him everywhere.  I guess I'll have to try to put him back together again when they're through.