Hummingbird Update

It has been raining the past couple of days, but the hummingbird is doing well, she is staying safe and dry under the eves of the shop, while she keeps those eggs warm.



I noticed yesterday that the hummingbird was still bringing in new material to add on to her nest.

With all the rain, the blackberry bushes started to droop down, and the branch her nest was on was getting lower, and was at an agle that was tilting her nest, I tied one of the vines back by opening the window, and pulling it back with some ribbon, and tied it off to a nail just inside the window, allowing me close the window back up. Then I propped the branch back up with a small alder tree I chopped down so it can be used as a brace to keep the vine from falling forward any more.
Her nest is now upright again, and under the eves a little better to help her stay dry. She seems quite happy with it.

When I went out this morning on my first trip to check on how she was doing, there were three deer by the shop, and wouldn't you know it! I didn't have the camera with me lol! Yet they do eat the leaves from the berry bushes, so I'm sure she also has to deal with the deer pulling on the branches as they tear the leaves off.

After I returned to the house I was filling the coffee pot with water and looking out the kitchen window and saw a Pileated Woodpecker at the wood pile, chopping away on the piece of wood that's used as a chopping block. I grabbed my camera and got a few shots of him.

Seems no sooner did I sneak up close enough to start getting some decent shots, the battery light started flashing on the camera. But at least I a got a few pictures of it that aren't too bad.

We may as well enjoy some of the other wildlife that is attracted to my yard while we wait for those hummingbird eggs to hatch. So don't be surprised if you start seeing a few photos of other critters posted here.