They're Here! They're Here! - Hummer News – Vol. 9 – May 2010

At 5:30 pm yesterday, a thunderstorm that had darkened late afternoon to twilight finally began to wane. Low sunlight began to filter through the end of the storm and the maple leaves, finally warming to golden, as the wet surfaces of everything sparkled like prisms. At 5:48, two days earlier than last year, I observed my first hummer visitor at the backyard Roseburg™ feeder. She checked three of the four nectar tubes in less than 45 seconds and was gone. All that was left was the ruby hued glimmering of the attractor beads in the still lower sunlight and the smile on my face knowing that my spring had, in fact, finally arrived. Another, longer, Mother’s Day visit and nectar tubes emptying added additional warmth and cheer to a day that topped out here at only about 52 degrees. So, in eastern Massachusetts, the season has finally begun! I would love to hear about your neighborhood.


Happy Hummers – Hooray, they are here!


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