There are those times when we can say “the week has been a long one”, those times when our energy goes 100% into just keeping our nerves from unraveling. I asked for a gentle, swift ride home, not a parking lot on the freeway. Ask and it shall be given, and I arrive to the minute within the timeframe I asked.
As I arrived home I see one of the many hummingbirds lingering at the lilacs. The two tubes of sugar water are empty, but the bigger bottle was not. As I glance back I see another form fluttering over the lilacs, maybe the same one, but that is difficult to determine.
Shifting from One Busy to Another
This weekend will be clean up time for the garden, and to kick-off the process I proceeded out the back door to fetch the large recycling cans I keep for such an occasion. This isn’t work, not like the week has been, but a simple task that celebrates the time I’ll have with nature.
I spotted 1/2 ripe tomatoes as I set the cans in place for filling, and rounded the post to gather my harvest. It’s already mid october and too few tomatoes have ripened. As I contemplate the state of tomato-affairs I see another figure in the nearby trees. Another hummingbird shows himself by rising above the branches, then eases himself down on a high branch. I call out to him with my limited range of hummingbird type sounds, and he responds in his sing-song voice very enthusiastically. I try to mimic the joyful voice, but only sound like a confused chatter, to which he replies, this time more in a choppy sequence that sounds like morse code.
Aren’t all the sounds we make “intended”?
It sounds strange to some, and refreshingly similar to others, but it’s real: we do communicate within our own species, and with other species we can create a level of comfort with. For some it is the pet rodent that nestles in your pocket and warmly accepts a sunflower seed or some other treat. We connect with our dogs, cats, horses, pot-belly pigs, and the many other animals in our lives. Our parrots and other domesticated birds speak to us as best they can, and listen to our words. So how is it strange to connect to a hummingbird?
Hummingbird Chatter – Morse Code Messages?
These moments of greetings may not be morse code messages, and we may write-off the sounds of a hummingbird as some primitive bird-talk. Maybe yes, maybe no. It could be that we’re the ones unable to make the connection and interpret the message, being far too busy with our noise and our electronic world to connect to something living. God bless those little creatures for giving us a chance to smile.
As for me, I’m still completely exhausted but yet rejuvenated. Leave it to a little winged wonder to guide me to a place where I can Walk With Wings.
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