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Hummer time

Posted on September 19, 2009 | Comments Off on Hummer time

Not a reference to the overpriced, oversized urban assault vehicle, but the little, frenetic hummingbird. We’re seeing a lot more now that it’s cooled off some than back during the big heat wave. JD invested in a red feeder you fill with sugar water. We used to do that, until the yellowjackets made a mess of it. Now we just let the Turk’s Cap and the Plumbago get bushy. They attract all the Ruby-Throats we need.

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Rain on Turk’s Cap

Posted on July 30, 2009 | Comments Off on Rain on Turk’s Cap

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A little fuzzy, this quickie snap of our surprise and very welcome morning rain shower. Figured the rain would show up best on this native Turk’s Cap "bush" which attracts hummingbirds. This older shot of the plant is somewhat better. I’m glad I don’t have to make a living as a photographer.

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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate

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Turk’s Cap

Posted on July 7, 2007 | Comments Off on Turk’s Cap

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This favorite of the Texas native ornamental shrubs can be found all over Austin. Buy a house and it comes free with your yard. Or you could spend every spring finding the fuzzy leaves and pulling them up. But then you’d miss the funny, red flowers some 19th century settler apparently thought looked like a fez. Hummingbirds and butterflies love them.

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