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David Suddjian list moderator Littleton, CO On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 9:51 AM David Gulbenkian <[email protected]> wrote: > In a week without much birding news, perhaps this incident will amuse. > At 6 AM in my garden, a female hummer twice approached within an inch > of my urine stream. Of course I tried to discourage her. I believe she > was > confused because, in the same spot at the same time 2 days ago, I was > standing right next to a sprinkler set so low that the drops only rose > some 8". This > same bird (I'm sure) came for a drink, apparently sipping drops out of the > air and > also from the dripping fronds of a tarragon plant. Then it moved just > beyond the > sprinkling and perched 8" above the ground on the wire of a tomato cage, > where > it spent a good minute or two preening and spreading out its feathers. > All this while > I was standing practically right over her. > I believe when it saw me today and saw the liquid stream, it thought it > could repeat the > enjoyable experience. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/93715c26-d135-450a-8c78-2524a16965f5o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/93715c26-d135-450a-8c78-2524a16965f5o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGj6RormEbxtSYFtkJ1ROT_VF27kCjzGdt7tH4HA4yRXRLd1hw%40mail.gmail.com.
