It's pouring and our resident male Ruby Throated Hummingbird is on one of his favorite perches. He sits by a feeder, shielded from the rain under an outside light shade. He perches for long stretches at a time on a piece of branch from our walking stick tree. Last year I attached the stick under the light, it's a perfect spot for resting and preening his magnificent feathers.
I retired from public school teaching after happily spending twenty eight years playing in Kindergarten. Now I fill my days watching cat antics, taking endless...
