I found it
Do I have you wondering what I found? hope so
As I have mentioned in some of the other items that I have written on Medium, I live in a mobile home, and there is a volunteer tree growing by the back door.
Earlier in the year the tree was doing the spring thing then the summer thing.
This meant that part of the time hummingbirds were anticipatorily coming to the tree to look for the pretty yellow flowers that would eventually be arriving.
And the flowers did arrive, and the hummingbirds were happy.
Now let’s spin forward to yesterday, October 29th, and the outdoor temperatures were 21 degrees F., or lower, at sunrise.
Not only was there pretty frost on Pup, the car, but the back door tree was very aware of how cold it suddenly was…
On the 28th I had taken pictures of the orange-colored leaves on the tree. It was very good that I did.
On the 29th the leaves changed color to brown…, and began to fall off…, and off…
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By the late afternoon of yesterday there were hardly any leaves on the tree. They were in a pile beneath the tree, since there was no wind.
Now for the real surprise, the reason for my subject line…
Today, when I looked at the now almost leafless tree…, I was surprised by what I noticed, for the very first time.
There, poised perfectly in a place where some branches are joined to the tree trunk was…
a tiny nest.
A very cute, tiny nest.
I am guessing that all along, while the leaves obscured my view, the hummingbirds had chosen to make a nest in the branches of the back door tree.
And hopefully babies were born.
How wonderful Mother Nature is.
And as you might guess, today I took a picture of the nest.
