Happy Moon Day! (OK, so the first man on the moon was July 20 – I want it to be a international holiday ;) ) Anyway, I have two smiles for you today. the first is small. Very small…
The other day I heard a commotion in the tree outside of my office window (home office on Cape Cod). I looked and saw two birds fighting what I at first thought was a bug. Looking closer, I saw that it was a hummingbird! After the two birds left, the “hummer” landed and rested for a while. I turned my attention back inside.
The next day I heard a commotion. I looked out and saw the “hummer” attacking a juvenile robin. The robin left post-haste. The hummer hovered for a moment, then went under a branch.
Do you see it? I’ll circle it in red.
Now do you see it? It is a tiny hummingbird nest! Most of the times I looked out, the “hummer” was there, though occasionally it was empty. When I took this photo, I think two babies were sticking there heads up! I didn’t have my good camera, so used my phone, which is completely awful for this task. The camera is totally worthless for anything except panoramas. OK, here is a good phone photo:
And another, from two days later:
Second smile is that I was on Cape Cod over the weekend. It was a very nice time! On Sunday I did my longest kayak paddle so far this year. There were long walks on the beach, hikes, swimming, etc., etc.
So those were my two smiles – discovering a hummingbird nest right outside my window and having a nice weekend on Cape Cod, including a great paddle.
What made you smile?
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Come on, I’m sure you smiled at least once last week. Why don’t you share it? I hope you can join in!
Here is list of “rules” and guiding ideas. If you don’t have time to read it right now, just remember that this is an exercise to spread positivity. Don’t smile about the misfortune of others. Don’t smile in a way to excludes others. Make sure a 12 year old can read it.
To join in, write a post to share your smile and then leave a comment on this post with a link to your smile. Or, if you prefer, do a pingback to this post (pingback = have a link from your post to this one) (Note – pingbacks have been very inconsistent – please leave a comment :) ). You can post any time until next Sunday evening (to be simple, I will say midnight GMT, which is 7 PM Sunday for me). Next week I will compile all of the Smiles and do a separate post of them on Monday morning just before the smile. (I will shoot for around 7 AM EST).
Very cool! Baby hummers…
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Yes, very cool!
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I LOVE your smile this week. I am glad you circled the nest – I can see it once you circled it and I didn’t know hummingbirds were so protective. Mom’s and their babies! I also love your sunsets. Beautiful! Here is my smile post for this week. :D
https://myhorsestories.blog/2020/07/22/my-weekly-smile-july-22-2020/
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They maybe small, but don’t mess with those mothers! lol, I had heard they can be aggressive, but I always heard it in context with other hummingbirds. I’ll be by to check out your smile in a few minutes.
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I’ve read that hummingbirds could be aggressive and territorial, but I’ve never seen it myself and found it hard to believe since they’re so small – but apparently mighty! Finally, proof!
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I had heard about one hummingbird dominating a feeder and driving all of the others away for hours at a time, but this is the first time I saw one chasing away bigger birds! I guess it just goes to show that you don’t mess with a nesting mother, no matter how small!
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A Hummingbird nest is certainly reason for a smile. Beautiful sunsets too
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The hummingbird is great. I’m back in NH, and we have a lot of hummingbirds (I don’t know where the nests are…), but the are scarce whenever I get the camera out ;)
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Happy Moon day. I remember watching the landing and was awed. I collected all the newspaper and magazine cuttings and put them in a scrap book.
What a wonderful discovery re the humming bird nest. … an you are right about phone cameras. :)
I thought I’d join you this week, Trent :)
https://pigletinportugal.com/2020/07/20/weekly-smile-what-a-wonderful-surprise/
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I have just the very vaguest of memories of the landing – I was 5… The hummingbird nest was cool :) Glad to see you joining again :) I’ll be by in a few minutes.
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I love Hummers!! What a great discovery! <3
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There is no way I would have ever found that nest (between a golf ball and a tennis ball in size!) if I hadn’t watched it fly to it.
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Fun about the birds & great photos of the sunset 😍
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Thanks!
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The hummingbirds and stunning sunsets would give me big smiles, too. Here’s my smile:
https://natalietheexplorer.home.blog/2020/07/19/summer-week-4-trillium-park/
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Thanks, they were great :) I’ll be by in a few minutes.
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Very cool… We’d kayak if we could ever find a couple to buy… Geesh!!! ;-)))
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Kayaking is great, and can be a lot of fun no matter the experience or skill level
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We’ve kayaked a lot. We just don’t own our own yet. ;-)))
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OK, so you do know how fun it is :)
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Heck yeah! Especially in the Fall… I tend to fish a lot when I kayak…
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We saw something that looked like an insect, but with wings moving rapidly like a hummingbird. It was getting nectar from flowers. However, it seemed too small for a hummingbird, but then I wouldn’t know. Maybe what we saw was a hummingbird also.
https://frankhubeny.blog/2020/07/20/the-rough-with-the-smooth/
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Some of them are very tiny (three inches long.), so it might have been one, though there are bugs that look a lot like hummingbirds.
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Oh I experienced a couple of smiles on our forest jaunt, spotting the Blue deer and a hare.
I also smiled/ laughed a lot watching a fabulous Canadian sit-com Shitt’s Creek.
I wrote about it here:
https://natashamusing.com/2020/07/laughter-or-despair-mondaymusings-mondayblogs/
I love your sky pictures Trent. Have a good week.
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The idea of a forest jaunt sounds very nice. i love being out in the wild… Thanks! I’ll be by to see your smile in a few minutes :)
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Good to know Trent. Have a good week ahead!
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I had a couple of smiles this week, one I have a new Chrome setup and smiling as I learn its features. Setting in Kathy’s car. I saw a raven and red-tailed hawk inaction and a ferruginous fly over my apartment, this was the second time I have him. The white was the indemnify element.
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I don’t think I’ve seen a ferruginous. I have been out west a few times, but I don’t remember them. I see crows interacting (bothering ;0 ) redtail hawks a lot, but I don’t think I’ve seen a raven interact with them – the crows are so much smaller, but a raven is almost the hawks size… Glad you had a few good smiles :)
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They breed in Idaho, usually are not seen in the Boise area..In the fall they stage in Eastern Idaho before long trip to South Amercia. It Swainson hawk that winters in Arentine
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Great smiles! I’ve been witnessing such fights too and they do bring in smiles… Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2020/07/20/caged-or-free/
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Thanks! Those little hummingbirds are feisty things – they may be only the size of my thumb (or smaller!), but will take on the biggest critters…
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Great smiles and the best is a fun discovery – ;)
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It was a fun discovery – I guess I knew hummingbirds had nests, but never thought of actually seeing one!
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I know, I just see them around and never connect them a nest either –
and this one was a little nest protective –
today, I had a bird really close watching me as I watered some wilting plants out back – it was so close and I knew it was waiting to lap up some droplets when I left – must be thirsty in this heat!! so I brought out a make shift bird bath for that area too.
oh and here is my weekly smile link today:
https://wp.me/p1VBv6-56h
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I have heard of hummingbirds getting aggressive around feeders, but typically just to other hummingbirds!
Very nice of you to make the make-shift birdbath. I hope at least one bird got good use of it,
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I hope so too!
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I love both your smiles this week and the two sunsets, or is it sunrise photos are beautiful.
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Thanks! Both are sunsets – I was bale to get good sunrise and sunset photos at my old place on Cape Cod, but here I am on the East side of the river, so can only get good sunsets without getting in a car.
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