I arrived back home safe and sound from that wonderful camping trip to Yakima. With the trailer parked in my driveway, I unloaded the things that needed unloading. The trailer was then ready for cleaning, re-stocking, and a few little projects prior to my next outing.
Of course there was also laundry to do, the mail to pick up and sort, bills to pay, and all that nonsense. As well, a week away from home meant I needed to tend to a few weeds in the flower beds, although I’ve got that so much under control that it takes me less than 20 minutes to weed everything!
But the lawn needed watering. So I pulled out my hose and my oscillating sprinkler. I positioned them so the water covered most of the back yard. Swoosh, swoosh, back and forth, swoosh, swoosh. I love the sound of the water … and the coolness that the water creates. It felt fresh and cool on this warm summer evening.
In fact, I decided to pour myself a nice glass of iced tea and sit on my back deck a spell and enjoy the evening and that oscillating stream of water. Ahhhh, yes. 🙂
Whoa, wait. What was that?
No way, really?!
A Hummingbird! Flying IN the sprinkler water? And it just hovered there for a long time. Really?
Wow. Yes, indeed, this Hummingbird flew right through the middle of the water coming out of the sprinkler. I think it must be a bit off course.
The sprinkler reached the end of its path, then started back the other direction.
And then, hey, there’s that Hummingbird again!
It flew right through the middle of the stream of water again … and hovered there again!
Ok, I’m going to watch it more closely now.
Yep, there it goes again.
This little bird kept zooming into that stream of water even as the water oscillated back and forth in two different directions. The bird just kept following the water.
I finally took a chance and ran into the house for my camera. Obviously, the hummer was still doing it’s dance with the water when I got back out on the deck with camera in hand. Back and forth, back and forth, that little bird simply followed the water and hovered right in the middle of the stream of water, no matter which direction.
I took lots of photos. Hmm, well, I tried to take lots of photos. 90% of them just show a blur. But these three above turned out pretty well, considering.
That little Hummingbird kept playing in the water for about 20 minutes … a long time.
It was indeed a warm summer evening. I was so happy to share the coolness of that water with a happy little Hummingbird. 🙂