I was a little depressed the other day (work, life, the meaning of life) and I picked up a hummingbird feeder I had bought four or five weeks ago and rather hopefully, made up some syrup and mounted it on my front porch.
For a couple of days the level seemed to stay the same.. then on Sunday afternoon, as I was sitting on the porch reading a book, I heard the buzzing of tiny wings.
A hummingbird had come to visit my feeder. I had no idea whether there were hummingbirds in Maryland. I thought surely that there would be (if they've made it as far north as Seattle) but this was a very pleasant reward for my faith.
They sucked it pretty much dry - however many there are - in about four days. So I cleaned this morning and refilled. I've got to be careful about refilling and cleaning 'cause I found a little floating mold when I cleaned it out. Not surprising given our 95 degree weather but worrisome.
Don't want the little fellows to get sick..