On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 22:04:32 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 9/6/2016 5:32 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> That's Woodpeckers... first time I've noticed them at my Hummingbird
>> feeder, those Peckers drained it:
>> http://i65.tinypic.com/142eys1.jpg
>
>Great shot! I've never seen a downy woodpecker at my hummingbird
>feeder. I see them scooting up and down trees.
>
>I did see a butterfly and a hummingbird both sipping from the feeder at
>the same time. Of course I did not have a camera on hand. The bird was
>watching the butterfly carefully, sipped from a couple of ports. The
>bird was leery of the butterfly, friend or foe?

It would definitely not be leery. Years ago when I lived outside town
I had encouraged all sorts of birds. Then a grackle decided to nest
in one of the fir trees. It drove all the other birds away from all
the feeders, but no way it managed to drive away the hummers, they
just dive bombed it. I don't know if you have grackles but they are
not a small bird.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Grackle/id


>
>The butterfly couldn't have cared less. It was *really* fascinating to
>see it unfurl it's proboscis and drink from the port in the feeder.
>
>> Nothing so good as vine ripened honeydew melons, perfumed kitchen:
>> http://i66.tinypic.com/2hhlxch.jpg
>
>Nice.
>
>> Gorgeous sky this morning:
>> http://i65.tinypic.com/j7rns2.jpg
>>
>The skies can be very intense down here. Especially after a
>thunderstorm blows through just before sunset.
>
>I wish I could find the photo a neighbor took down by the marina not
>long ago. The rainbow was fantastic.
>
>Jill