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David Suddjian

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Littleton, CO

On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 9:51 AM David Gulbenkian <dgulbenkian@gmail.com> wrote:

In a week without much birding news, perhaps this incident will amuse.

At 6 AM in my garden, a female hummer twice approached within an inch

of my urine stream.  Of course I tried to discourage her.  I believe she was

confused because, in the same spot at the same time 2 days ago, I was

standing right next to a sprinkler set so low that the drops only rose some 8".  This

same bird (I'm sure) came for a drink, apparently sipping drops out of the air and

also from the dripping fronds of a tarragon plant.  Then it moved just beyond the

sprinkling and perched 8" above the ground on the wire of a tomato cage, where

it spent a good minute or two preening and spreading out its feathers.  All this while

I was standing practically right over her.  

I believe when it saw me today and saw the liquid stream, it thought it could repeat the

enjoyable experience.  

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