Since we moved into our house, the back deck has been redone. We tore out all the wood, as a lot of it was dry rotted, it seems the previous owners didn't take care of it as it should have been. We replaced it with Trex, a composite material that looks just like wood, but has little to no maintenance. We used the railing as most of that was okay, but it still needs to be painted.
The table and chairs, we moved from where you see it in this picture to closer to the house, so that we won't scare the birds away. The feeders hadn't been put up in this picture yet, but they are just above the flower bed you see behind the table.
We started sitting out on the deck in the mornings with our coffee and waiting for birds to show up. And we haven't been disappointed. Some mornings we get more visitors than others, but we usually get a couple of birds showing up. (Or it might be the same bird showing up multiple times).
Here are a few hummingbird pictures I managed to capture in the month of June.
Not only are we getting Hummingbirds, but there are other birds that will come to the bird bath and drink the water there.
This first one is one of the baby birds, that was at the bird bath, after Mom flew off. I managed to time it just right to see water dripping down after it had gotten a drink.
It's such a nice way to start our day, sitting on the deck, watching for birds, and drinking our coffee and chatting. Now that it's July, the mornings are getting hotter, so we may have to get out there earlier. I'm not sure on the Hummingbird migration path or times, so the feeders will be out there as long as we continue to see the Hummingbirds use them. As for the bird bath, I intend to keep that up year round, as long as we don't have freezing temps, as we have seen many birds this past winter.
Until next time... Happy Crafting!!
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