Hummer Time!!!!

It will probably take me all summer to get a pic, but I put the hummingbird feeder out yesterday afternoon, and we noticed a busy visitor this afternoon!!!  The hummer very carefully visited each of the four "flowers" on the feeder, one at a time, clockwise; they returned a few minutes later, but that was all we saw.  I'm very excited - I don't think the former owner had a feeder out there, so this is a great discovery!

I'm a little late, but I also put up two bluebird houses within view from the indoors.  We'll have to keep an eye on those as well!


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