It's only Tuesday afternoon, but I'm guessing that these will be my favorite pics of the week.
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| Through the looking glass of my office window did suddenly to my wondering eyes appear the first hummingbird I've ever seen on our property in Centerpointe. I don't know who he or she is yet, species-wise (I've sent out an inquiry). It may be a juvenile somethingorother with incomplete feather markings. |
Incidentally, as I was searching for
a means of identification, I stumbled across a couple of sites (
here and
here) about the upcoming 2013 Texas Hummingbird Festival in Rockport. Who knew there was such a thing? I do know, however, that it only takes one hummingbird to make a person's day.
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Wow!!
In a Facebook post yesterday, the Wildlife Center of Texas noted that hummingbirds are the sole pollinators for 160 different plant species. The southward migration of hummers is currently underway, and ruby-throated hummingbirds migrate nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico. A little thumb-sized thing can fly 550 miles in one stretch - amazing, eh? |
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