Sorry everyone, we couldn't resist! Kevin Hemeon had the idea and I thought
it sounded fun and so I executed it. We didn't want to show a hummingbird
from around here so people might start to get the idea that it was April
Fools day. I fell for one this morning myself. The old rubber band holding
the kitchen sink hose sprayer open trick. My daughter got me. As I went to
fill the kettle up with water for morning coffee with half opened eyes, I
got a shot of cold water on the chest. Sure made me laugh.

Enjoy the birds. More are coming soon...I hope!
Kent

Kent McFarland

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On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Mark Hefter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Nice April Fool's joke.  Next time, send a pic of a HB that actually lives
> in these parts during the summer.
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> This storm brought me an amazing bird. I am just so excited. I always keep
> a
> hummingbird feeder out beginning in March with a little bird bath heater in
> it to keep it thawed. I never get anything at it until May, but just in
> case
> some crazy wayward hummer comes around early or is lost, I am ready. Well,
> with this crazy late nor'easter I was watching my feeders outside with all
> the redpolls on it when suddenly out of the misty snow I saw something buzz
> down and land on my hummingbird feeder! I couldn't believe my eyes! I ran
> and got my camera only to take a terrible photo through the window. Check
> it
> out on the VTeBird flickr pool:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/vtebird/5579430057/in/pool-929116@N20/ . It
> of
> course got flagged when I entered it in eBird as this has to be the
> earliest
> record ever for a hummingbird here. You just never know what you might see
> bird watching.
>
> Hope you all enjoy this first day of April.
> Good birding.
> Kent
>

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