They do stay in Texas!

This week found us at a new RV Park, south of Dripping Springs TX.  What a contrast!  Our last spot was upscale with pool, pavilion, workout room and over 200 sites.  Our new home is beautifully country, quiet, cedars to shade our rig, deer and only 30 sites.

Shortly after settling in a humming bird stopped by to visit my flowers. A humming bird?  I thought they headed north for the summer.  I was wrong.  The Black-Chinned Humming birds nests in the Hill Country.

Needless to say I got my feeder out and here's who comes by daily.

I even caught that iridecent violet of the male on camera.

Isn't she something?  Let's make sure those birds that are at risk get a fighting chance too.  You can do something to help... buy your birding essentials from our RV Birding Store and have them delivered right to where you are.  I really like that feature! 

From the tiny to the bigger...

Her hovering is what caught my eye.  There she stood in mid air checking out my bird feeding station.  In a flash she was gone and I dove for my sugar to cook up some nectar.  After waiting for it to cool I hung out the feeder and watched.  Within minutes there she was, cautious at first, then she moved in and drank deeply.
This little Black Chinned female is the only one that's been by so far over the past two days...

Then this morning while walking around the pond a movement down by the water's edge got my attention.  A heron?  He was just shaking his catch about... of course as I was out exercising I didn't have my camera with me as he posed perfectly in the morning sun reflection an all.  It was a Heron, a Green Heron.  Here is a photo I found on line.

Having almost missed seeing both of these beauties I can't help but wonder how much passes me by as I get so narrowed in on the "important" stuff of life!