Lately the hummingbirds have been doing a lot of this:
Hummingbird cleaning feathers
THE RETURN OF THE HUMMINGBIRDS
The Hummingbirds have arrived! This year for the first time we put out a brand new Hummingbird feeder. Usually we rely on our seasonal array of hummingbird-friendly native plants to attract and feed them, but we decided to supplement the plants with a feeder. We filled the feeder with 4 parts water and one part white sugar. For more information on Hummingbird feeding and Hummingbirds in general, please visit the educational, instructional and articulate website of Hummingbird writer Sherri L. Williamson.
O.K. and its up!  Soooooooooo  wheres the Hummingbird? This was yesterday. In and out of the house all day pulling and bagging Garlic Mustard from the adjacent Morris Park, there were no sightings to be had.
Isabelle saw the first one at 7:45 this morning. She was jumping up and down with excitement.
Here is the female one resting on the string of lights in the courtyard. What a better place to rest up after such a long flight!
And here is the Male one doing a strutting exercise. For all youse in Philly is this the Hummer’s Mummers or what? I think this little guy is ready for Broad Street!
THE BALD EAGLES AT CONOWINGO DAM, MARYLAND
We had been wanting to visit this place since last fall, where we heard there were Bald Eagles living next to this giant hydro-electric dam on the Susquehanna River, not far from one of our favorite spots, Susquehanna State Park.
We grabbed our binoculars and drove down and over the dam.
We came to see the Bald Eagles first and foremost.
We saw one fly down from its nesting area atop a transmission tower and catch a fish!
It grabbed the fish out of the water with its talons and then landed on a concrete wall next to the dam.The fish can be seen at the Eagle’s feet.
These next few pictures visually tell the story.
It began to eat the fish when a Blue Heron, who was also very interested in the fish landed next to the Bald Eagle.
The Heron watched the Eagle intently and then suddenly another Blue Heron landed to the Left side of the Eagle, distractingly enough so that the first heron was able to grab the rest of the fish from the Eagle, eat it and then flew off. The Eagle then just sat there awhile, taking in the afternoon sun.
The fish can be seen hanging from the mouth of the Blue Heron.
The Heron takes off, withe fish in its mouth, seen in the shadow. Looking up, a flock of geese, heading north cross under the Moon.
