Outside the camera's frame, the rams are walking up the path from the lower orchard to the front yard. Greg is rowing across the cove after checking the gillnet. The white throated sparrow is singing. The toads are trilling.
Why do these hummingbirds travel every year all the way from Central America to Nova Scotia? What makes them return to this particular place? It's a mystery. I couldn't even tell you where they are nesting, though we think it's in the skeleton forest just north of the house, which is a good place for keeping secrets.
It's a long evening. The sun won't set for another couple of hours. And there's plenty of time for sipping the sweetness of summer.
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Ahhh a lovely day.
I love the fact that your ruby throated hummingbirds are so approachable---maybe they just haven't seen human beings very much on McNutts. I found a hummingbird going to her nest in a bare branch of a white spruce yesterday---so perfectly camoflaged in the woods---the nest made of lichen the same as the branch was covered. Perfect! The arctic tern is probably our longest distance breeder---30,000 miles! Hope to see you soon, Jane Alexander
Jane, you actually followed a hummingbird back to its nest?! Amazing. Please come to McNutt's as soon as you can & identify these terns, as I am not at all sure what kinds are here.
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