humming bird part 2
Last year as I visited one of the ladies from a church close to my house, I saw a humming bird feeder hanging outside a glass window of her living room. Suddenly I saw a tiny green bird flapping his wings rapidly while he was feeding himself. His feeding time must have broken the world record because less than a few seconds he flew away and the other one came to take a sip. It was so fast that I couldn’t tell which was which. It was really enjoyable to see these birds again. On the way home, I managed to stop at a store to get a bird feeder. As soon as I arrived home, I poured a half cup of fine brown sugar with a cup of water into a bowl before heating it in a microwave. I waited until the sugar water was cool enough to be put in the feeder. I found a wire and grabbed the feeder to a cherry tree in my backyard. After having found the branch that was strong enough to sustain the weight of the feeder, I began to hang it on the tree. Coming back inside my house, I couldn’t help wondering if I would ever see the humming bird at that feeder. The first day passed by with no sign of the bird; he showed up on the second day, however, and brought a long his girlie bird. In fact, I still don’t know which one is female and which is male. They come and go very quickly. A lot of time I can only see a movement on the tree but don’t see their presents. One time my husband came inside the house and scolded me for leaving the bird feeder empty. He claimed that one of the humming birds kept cutting in front of his face so he went to check the feeder and it was empty. I hurried fixing the sugar water for the bird and that was the end of harassing from this little tiny bird.
When I went to visit Gloria, my next door neighbor, a week or two ago, I saw her humming birds sipping the nectar from her hanging flower basket, and that was when I knew that it was time for me to take care of my birds. Who knows? Perhaps she and I feed the same birds.I had put my feeder up 4-5days earlier and I managed to clean it up and changed to the fresh and clean water yesterday. My husband made sure that I wouldn’t keep the water longer than 3 days whether the feeder is empty or not. He says it will prevent any kind of disease that might harm the birds. It makes much sense to me. After all, if I’m going to be a benevolent to the bird, I should as well do it correctly.