At only three inches in length, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are remarkable creatures. My grandfather, Dr. J. Murray Speirs, told this story in his Birds of Ontario:
I well remember one that perched so often on the same spot on a hydro wire that it had worn the insulation smooth and I could confidently focus my telescope on the spot and show the perched bird to boys at a camp in Muskoka.
We had one this morning in the same spot where one of the groups spotted it on Saturday.
Other birds:
Some botany:
Todays’ group:
MAILBOX
Hi Miles,
An update on the progress of the Manhattan balcony hawk family. All grown up and thriving!
NATURE POETRY
The work is done; no more to man is given;
The grateful Farmer trusts the rest to Heaven. – Robert Bloomfield, of planting (1766–1823)
Miles Hearn