Hummingbird Home A Wonderful Greeting
I feel very fortunate that the hummingbirds stay home, close to my home, year round. We do not have severe winter conditions, but we do have times when its freezing, or times it snows. Those days may or may not have passed for this year. I focus only on this day, with its sunshine and spring-like conditions.
The hummingbirds have been active at the feeder, and I have seen many other birds that I do not regularly see. I take this as a reminder that the feeders be filled.
Such a great day cannot pass without a little time outside, so I brought the dog to the nearly creek for a walk. My last time at the creek I was greeted by a hummingbird, the first time I had seen one along that particular trail. Today I called out, but there was no familiar chattering sounds, and no hovering over the tree tops.
As I returned home I did here the frantic sounding voice I knew was a hummingbird. I looked all around but could not seen who was calling. Then I stepped back enough to see a hovering presence high in the air. As I spotted him he rose high into the sky, and dived quickly in a downward and forward curve directly toward me. He stopped again close to the area where I initially saw him, then repeated the entire process: Straight up, stop, and dive in an arc.
He repeated this act three times, but this time I noticed something different. There was a loud sound, much louder than any I had ever here a hummingbird make. I can only describe it as the type of sound I could expect from a hawk, a crisp, short tone. I had only recently learned that this sound was not created vocally, but by the fast diving action, somewhat like a “sonic boom”.
This day has been filled with so many great moments, but this simple experience will be the one I will remember.
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