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Hummingbird Delight

Tuesday, August 4, 2020, 11:14 am — 1st hummingbird caught on camera at new feeder! … (put up on June 23) … deck window …

… arrow points to the end of its looong beak … combined with its looong tongue … can reach the sugar water … 1 cup water, 1/4 cup granulated sugar …

… sneak peek of tiny bit of its tongue …

2 days later … Thursday, August 6,  11:10 am … smidgen of its tongue … see videos below for complete view …

Thursday, August 6, 2020, 11:51 am — 1st videos …

…11:56 am … music in background … Marrakesh Express, 1969, Crosby, Sills & Nash … tv, American Bandstand, Dick Clark …
… 12:12 pm …
…just remembered Seals and Crofts’ song, HummingbirdSummer Breeze album, 1972 … which I had, 1973, Seattle, Moris …

Snow Surprise Cats

Saturday, March 14, 2020, 9:21 am — Teeny Tuxedo … what the what!? …
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… to the deck …  changing places with Perkins …
tuxedo cat, ginger / red / orange tabby cat

… 9:32 am … Perkins … what the what!? … snow out here, too! …
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… look fast! … bird flies from butterfly bush … falling snow …

Rainy Raccoon & Coyote

Friday, June 7, 2019, 9:10 pm — Raccoon (1st since winter)black oil sunflower seed bird feeder … shooed it away with the “whist, whist” I use with Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo, to keep them away from the door … scampered into the trees … came back … “whist, whist” … scooted away … 5 minutes later, a COYOTE trotted along the edge of the trees, left to right … “whist, whist” … trotted faster toward the creek side of trees … first I’ve seen since here, 15 years … have heard them yipping, but after their territory was taken over by housing construction, south and west, 2 years ago, not nearly as much … until a few weeks agoLOUD coyotes right outside window, 2:30 am … same area as trees in photo …

Below, in action … between the rain … movie in background, Their Own Desire, 1929 … Norma Shearer, Lewis Stone … Turner Classic Movies …

Daylight Saving Time Cat

Sunday, March 10, 2019, 11:12 am / 12:12 pm — Perkins … I’m not ready to “spring forward” one hour …
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… I’ll just sit here and let time catch up to ME …
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… If I could change the clock, I’d KEEP it at Daylight Saving Time! … hmmm … a singing birds clock … what a great idea! …
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[photo, June 23, 2014]

No Reservations Cat

Sunday, February 10, 2019, 2:30 pm — Mid-afternoon munch break for birds … a sparrow?

… always fun to see the bird herd … bombarding the suet … see their first appearances, December 2016 … First Snow Cat… and  …Bird Herd Surprise Cat … bush bazooms! …

Teeny Tuxedo … waiting for the second round of diners …
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