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Redbirds and Hummers

July 9th, 2008 @ 22:48
Posted by: John

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are at our feeders all day. It’s a really nice Texas Hill Country thing. What dramatically changed this summer is that Jimmie put a radiant heat blocking film on the sliding glass door by my desk facing the feeders. Does a miraculous job of keeping the heat out so we can leave the blinds open. From the inside it looks like lightly tinted polarized sunglasses but from the outside looking in it’s reflective enough that it makes a one way glass where we see them but the birds can’t see us. And what we didn’t expect was how much it attracts them right up to the glass because they see their reflection and fly over to check out that crazy jacked up bird who’s starring them in the eyes. They do the Lucy/Zippo Marx mirror skit for a long time. We’ll stand right up next to the 7 foot wide window and a hummingbird will come and hover six inches in front of our eyes. Sometimes three or four hummers will be out there with five or six Redbirds. I think we’ve accidentally stumbled across the best viewing setup in the world. The only bad thing is that you can’t photograph through the film very well. It darkens, polarizes and defuses everything. Doesn’t do it to what your eyes sees but it does it to what the lens sees. I may have to cut a camera hole.

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  1. Deirdre
    July 11th, 2008 10:08
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    I just got back from one of my whirlwind tours of the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Whenever I go I do a three day stint of some combination of Harlingen/ Brownsville/McAllen/Edinburg/Pharr, etc. This time it was just the first three. Beside the fact that the people are so nice down there, I always enjoys these trips because of the birds and the plants. I always see something interesting; a flock of parakeets, caracaras and what I believe are different kinds of ibises. This time one of the coolest sights was a firebush just covered in hummingbirds.

    I’m hoping that I’m able to go back in November and maybe stay a couple of days during the big birding festival.

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    • Dew & Celina : The show is now archived on our station site at «link» in the Show Archive section. We really enjoyed it!
    • John : of course that was way back then Wordpress was first starting and you had to make your own but now there's thousands of great templates for free. There's site after site like this «link»
    • John : It was custom coded for us by a really smart guy named Uzyn in Singapore. Then the rest of us kept adding stuff to where it's now as full as the bed on the Beverley Hillbillies' pickup truck. I could probably give you template if you want it.
    • guest_3289 : what template are you using?
    • guest_3289 : I can't figure out how you get the header and all the little photo thumbnails to change every time you enter this blog. How do you do that? It's great.
    • John : I was telling ya... Quicktime is the most efficient stream. I don't like Quicktime for everything but sometimes you just can't beat it.
    • guest_5676 : I tried to get in the chat room but it took 5 minutes to type a letter.
    • guest_2056 : very sorry about Mitch being laid up. Hope your recovery is as speedy as possible!
    • John : Not readily available. Let's import them!!
    • guest_2056 : well... I've been listening and enjoying it tonight. Very homemade and that makes it very good. Loved Mitch, loved Glenn and Kim but I was really surprised by Cassell. Wow!! Are her record available in the United States??
    • John : I think Dew and Celina's thing is very authentic. One of the best aspects of Americana is the homemade and personal part. I just love it.
    • John : I'm using the Quicktime connection. The shoutcast thing seems to drag my connection down. Go here «link» and hit the second icon from the end.
    • guest_6847 : I've told several people who are listening. If the other links aren't working for you this might «link»
    • John : Dew and Celina.... We're listening to the broadcast right now. Sounds great.
    • Tyler : Jamba Juice finally opened up on Broadway and Hildebrand and I'm super excited- my new favorite place for lunch
    • guest_4551 : poor Mitch, at least his hands are ok, so he can strum away those blues. get well soon Mitch!
    • John : It's so much like poker night... we ought to get a game going while people play just so we can add gambling to the list of Sunday night vices. Bob The Harmonica Player sure was good.

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