Finally, the first hummingbird(s) of the season

Yesterday evening, eating dinner on the porch, my gardening companion said "there's a hummingbird"  -- woo-hoo!  I didn't see it, but heard the whirring wings.This morning, out my study window, was perhaps the same hummingbird, visiting Carolina Jessamine flowers.And we saw another one this...

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Carolina jessamine

Carolina jessamine is the state flower of South Carolina and it's in flower now.Carpenter bees are the main visitors to its flowers that I normally see, though I have seen a couple of hummingbirds brave the alkaloid-tasting nectar, too.view from my study window, 2009 (it could have been taken this afternoon)I've...

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First hummingbird 2013

I knew there had been lots of sightings nearby before now, according to the reports and map at Journey North, but I was delighted to see my first hummingbird (a male) of the season this evening.  He was visiting the porch feeder (the whir of wings was a welcome sign of his arrival). It was only...

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