One of the things my parents loved to do was sit out on the back porch early in the morning and watch for "their" birds. Dad loved feeding the birds - cardinals, wrens, robins, doves, orioles, and even the messy pigeons. He and the boys built a porch on the back of the house that was partially enclosed. He didn't want to be run inside because of the weather. He loved that back porch. He even built a swing to hang so he could watch the birds AND take a nap!!!!
Since Dad has gone Home, it has become Mom's favorite place to sit. She sits in Dad's spot watching the humming birds fight over the feeder she has hanging. Since her eye-sight is not what it use to be, she can't really see the Martins fly into their house Dad had the boys put up in the back. However, she listens for the birds as they sing their songs. She also goes out there to get "warm," even when the temperature is almost 100 degrees!!!
Both Mom and Dad couldn't wait until spring rolled around and it would be warm enough for them to sit on the porch with their morning cup of coffee listening to the birds wishing them a good morning! While sitting with Mom the other morning, I took some pictures, mainly so I could show Mom the pictures by enlarging them on the computer. She can't see the Martins, but she hears them!!! She loved these pictures, and we wanted to share some of them with all of you who may read this blog!!!
We love how I was able to capture some of the Martins still in flight!!!
There are two humming birds that fight over the feeder. I was only able to capture a picture of one at a time!!!
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