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Earlier this summer, I had the joy of finding a Hummingbird nest in our back yard. This was a momentous event, since Hummingbirds never came to our yard until the last part of July. When I looked for it again, I could not find it, of course.

We sat on the patio this evening enjoying the cooler temps, and saw a female hummer slowing flying into the tree above our heads. Could it be the same bird? Sure, why not. As she slowed, we saw her land at a nest and start to feed the two little babies in it!  This photo shows their little pointy beaks over the edge, while the one above shows two little stubs of tails.

After a quick trip to the nearby nectar feeder, she came back to feed them again.

How wonderful! Our guests finally saw the nest too, and one said it looked like a frog on the branch, which is actually a pretty good description.

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After much patient waiting, the butterfly and hummingbird flowers are in bloom, attracting lovelies such as this female Ruby Throated Hummingbird, and a Red-Spotted Purple butterfly, which is the first I've seen in our yard. The mosquitos have been there, ready for a sweet snack on my legs, for many months. They don't seem to care what flowers are blooming.