After Christmas of 2003 in Alpine we left our Christmas lights up and the following spring a Black-chinned Hummingbird decided to nest on them. That was really cool!
In 2006, off and on, all through the month of May, the oasis had its only ever Broad-billed Hummingbird.
Here's a just-fledged, or soon to fledge, Elf Owl that apparently got pursued by my ex-neighbors' cats and got into their house. They called me and I caught it and released it at my oasis. This photo was taken in their house in 2001 inside a home-made wreath the bird managed to retreat up into.
Christmas lights, a green and red hummingbird, and wreath are the last of Christmas cheer you'll get from me this year.
5 comments:
Great pictures and story...
I enjoyed your photos and story. That little Elf Owl is a real cutie. :-)
Bob
Glad you enjoyed them. Wish I had been digital and blogging then, but better late than never.
Its great photography but somewhere its missing the clarity and I can say it can be of better quality. Don't you think?
Yes, it is poorer quality than digital. I was thinking about digging up the negatives and seeing if scanning those would make it better.
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