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Name: Melvalena N Texas (Zone 7b)  Melvalena Mar 20, 2012 9:55 AM CST |
| Storms started last night and they've just let up. Its starting to clear off. Just laid eyes on my first visitor!  A black chin feeding on Coral Honeysuckle vine just outside my kitchen window. We were face to face only inches apart because I was opening the blinds at that window. It came back a moment later. Glad I didn't scare it off completely. Yep it saw it close enough and long enough to make an id. This is the earliest I've ever seen one. In the past everyone around me was reporting sightings and it was weeks before I'd see mine.  (maybe they're keeping mum this year so I won't feel so left out?) I am so happy... From about the end of Sept until I see my first one that's all I live for. I mentally keep track of how many weeks until they're due back. |
Name: Allison NJ (Zone 6a)           Onewish1 Mar 20, 2012 5:59 PM CST |
| not sure I buy it.. but someone in CT reported seeing hummers too http://www.hummingbirds.net/ma... |
Name: Melvalena N Texas (Zone 7b) Melvalena Mar 20, 2012 6:09 PM CST |
Anything is possible, especially with this winter being so mild. |
Name: Allison NJ (Zone 6a) Onewish1 Mar 20, 2012 6:22 PM CST |
| I put my feeders & the one blooming agastache I had inside out .. just in case |
Name: Linda Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)           LindaTX8 Mar 20, 2012 8:43 PM CST |
| Fantastic news, Melvalena! So happy for you! The spring hummers are here also and the plants are just loving all the rain this year. I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad |
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