James Mattsson took some splendid photos today which are on the hummingbird page <http://www.lauraerickson.com/Birds/NovemberHummingbird.html>. It was very cold today, and I don't believe anyone caught her preening or stretching at all. This concerns me, because birds stop preening and stretching when stressed.
Tomorrow I will take Kelly Larson's advice and add some pureed mealworms to one feeder and see how she likes that. Laura Erickson Duluth, MN NOTE address change: [email protected] Producer, "For the Birds" radio program <http://www.lauraerickson.com/> There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. --Rachel Carson
