Hummer action

Woke this morning with 3″ of rain in the gauge and vague memories of thunder rumbling throughout the night.  The skies are still cloudy and we’ve had another shower or two but I think the main body of rain is drifting off to the East.

We keep hummingbird feeders right outside the kitchen window and we really had a treat this morning.  For some reason, unsettled weather turns these little birds ravenous.  It’s so hard to capture the scene in still photos and I don’t really have a video camera even if Nikon tells me my camera is sorta video capable.  I settled for some fast “motorized” clicks.

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This type feeder holds about a quart.  The one on the right is the favorite of the five feeders we have up, it needs filling twice a day.  The others average about once a day, just a guess because we don’t keep records or anything.  We do go through the sugar at a rapid clip.