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Salamander
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Olympia, WA
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I decided not to feed the birds this winter because we hoped to be moving in January, and I didn't want to abandon them during winter when they might be depending upon my feeder. So I held out until last week, when I saw an Anna's hummingbird looking for food at my newly frozen fuchsia. (Anna's will winter on the Pacific NW coast.) I'm now putting out a feeder for this little one ... bringing the feeder in at night (so the ice can melt) and back out in the morning. I'll be making a run to the nursery to hopefully find some winter blooming flowers. Hopefully this cold snap will pass soon.
The Anna's is a life bird for me, so this is pretty cool, if a hassle. Our move has been delayed a few months. Hmm. That means I can buy some seed for the others, too! I quit feeding in September, and it's amazing how much I've missed feeding the birds. Anybody else have a winter hummingbird? Leslie
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Congratulations on you life bird, Leslie.
I hope it will be okay...being from Pennsylvania I can't imagine a humingbird this time of year.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Olympia, WA
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I hope he'll be okay, too! This is my 5th winter here, and it's the first time I'm aware of that an Anna's has graced my yard in wintertime.
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Offical Silphium Abuser
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeast Ohio
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Leslie, where are you going? Your part of the country is beautiful!
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Where did you move from?
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Salamander
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Olympia, WA
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My husband and I moved from south Louisiana to Olympia, WA in summer '09. We've been renting, and we're hoping to purchase a place of our own sometime soon in this area.
We love it here -- the climate is perfect and it is so beautiful. Many people complain about the rain, but although I enjoy a sunny day as much as anyone else, I love the rainforests, so I can hardly object to the rain. ![]()
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Hello Leslie
Welcome back!!! Have you settled into a new home yet?
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Salamander
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Olympia, WA
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Hi Havalotta! We're still renting a nice little place, lots of woods around. Hopefully we can get a place of our own in the next year. I've moved around a lot in the last 25 years, so I've never had the opportunity to watch my garden mature. I'm really hoping to find my forever home and do some real wildlife gardening. For now, it's mostly potted plants.
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WG Prize & Gift Coordinator
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Michigan
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Do you container garden? Veggies?
I did a tomato trial and a pepper trial in large pots on the porch. I liked the fact that they were nice and close, Raised for easy pickings, and hardly a weed but Boy oh boy... As they grew, so did their water requirements!
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