Hummers and sprouts

One of the resident hummingbirds was yelling at me yesterday while I was in the backyard. I finally looked up at the feeder and saw it was empty. "Ok, ok - I'm filling it up!" Took the feeder inside, washed it, refilled it, came outside and hung it up again. Then I got my camera, set the zoom, and sat down about 15 feet away to wait for a nice shot of him. Nothing. I didn't see him nor hear him anywhere, and I noticed the feeder was dripping. I scooched the chair back over and as I climbed to take the feeder down again, that ungrateful hummer dive-bombed me, right under our patio overhang! I fussed at him - he fussed at me - I got the drip to stop and hung the feeder again. More waiting for a photo. I heard him fuss as he flew by and landed in our apple tree 1st photo). He wasn't ready to eat, but he would chase off any others that came by for a snack. That is when he headed to the other side to sit in our neighbors fruit tree (2nd photo). You can just see his brilliant red head (just to the right of center) shining in the sun as the wind blew the branches back and forth.

Finally, the little cuss came in for a feed and this is the best of the 3 shots I got of him.

Mung beans before and after soaking. 48 hour difference.

Compared to the soaked beans above, they grew this much overnight. Amazing....