Stormy skies and the rain showers that had turned “on” again for the 12th time that day. And then a flash of green. One little hummingbird sitting on a branch. Completely at ease with the summer storm. They seem to actually enjoy it, as their tiny feet are not capable of using a traditional bird bath. All the other birds had ducked into the trees, seeking cover.
A rainstorm in August, and I find a hummingbird enjoying the rain, not escaping it. And Episode 38 evolved from that moment.
“Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have looked up at 8:15 on a storm-gray Sunday. I wouldn’t have known there was anything to see other than a stormy day in August.”
I took this photograph on the morning of August 5th, and the shade of golden yellow hit me square in the face. Time in the garden moves along….and before long they will migrate south.
You can attract hummingbirds to your yard with several types of native plants. Here are a few of their favorite plants in my yard. They live a little more than half the year at Flutter By Meadows, so nectar plants need to stretch across the seasons from April through September.
Eastern red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Coral honeysuckle (Lonisera semivirens)
Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)
Scarlet beebalm (Monarda didyma)
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica)
Pink turtlehead (Chelone obliqua)
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