moments ago, there was a veritable cloud of hummingbirds outside this fifth-story window.
maybe not a cloud. maybe more like 10 birds or so, but.
i stuck my head out the window to de-brownleaf the basil plant on the fire escape. this plant is finally doing a little better.
as i was doing this, a hummingbird flitted around the feeder, which was roughly ten inches or so from my head. i held still to see if he would land for a sip. land, he did. i got to see his tiny green head up close, his thin little tongue lick the last droplet of sugar water from his thin little beak, his beak open to make a peep, the vibration of his wings.
very pretty at dusk this late summer night.
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
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what a treat, indeed. last night, we went to the gym, and while there, another bat stopped in for a visit. it gracefully fluttered and swooped and then it roosted in the high corrugated roof.
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