Today I visited the Wild Bird Center I discovered a few days ago. I was staying at a local hotel to attend a 3-day meeting, and one night we had a company outing at a billiards joint. In the process of finding the place, I came across the Wild Birds store. I had been looking online and never came across it.

So I stopped in today becuase I’d been needing to buy peanuts for the balcony birds, and because I haven’t perused a bird store in ages. They had a help-wanted sign up, and I asked about the part-time hours. Unfortunately they want someone to fill in anytime, so my 8-5 job wouldn’t suit their needs.

I got my peanuts and picked up a little hummingbird feeder. I’ve been thinking of getting one, having seen a couple of hummingbirds do a fly-by once or twice. In fact, last weekend when we were sitting on the balcony, one came by and sat on the wire right by the house.

So today I filled the feeder and put it out. Around 7:00 pm I was sitting out there thinking how cool it would be if a hummingbird came by and right then, one obliged and not only checked out the petunias and the new feeder, but perched on my new mini-trellis I put in to prop up the extra-tall petunias.

Obviously, being the east coast, it’s a ruby-throated hummingbird, and I’m quite sure it was female, but just read that it could be a juvenile male. I’m sure I’ll get a chance at a good look again soon.