Comments on: Roostin’ & Hummin’ http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/ A springboard for creativity & awareness Fri, 17 May 2013 23:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Janice http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2772 Janice Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:35:17 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2772 Melissa, I'm commenting for the first time after following you on Twitter for a while. Thank you so much for sharing this. Like you, I adore nature and hummingbirds! What a treat to see a hummingbird nest for the very first time here. You're lucky she chose you. She must sense you're a kindred spirit. :) Melissa, I’m commenting for the first time after following you on Twitter for a while. Thank you so much for sharing this. Like you, I adore nature and hummingbirds! What a treat to see a hummingbird nest for the very first time here. You’re lucky she chose you. She must sense you’re a kindred spirit. :)

]]> By: StoriesAndSweetPotatoes http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2718 StoriesAndSweetPotatoes Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:32:05 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2718 That is SO cool! I've always been fascinated by bird's nests. It's such a unique thing that birds do. Have you ever heard of Killdeer Plovers? They are my favorite bird. They run around on the ground and make nests on the ground and low places. One made a nest in my driveway and I built a little box around it so other animals wouldn't get to it, and the bird just kept going in and out of there and eventually all the eggs hatched! It was probably the highlight of my entire childhood. That is SO cool! I’ve always been fascinated by bird’s nests. It’s such a unique thing that birds do. Have you ever heard of Killdeer Plovers? They are my favorite bird. They run around on the ground and make nests on the ground and low places. One made a nest in my driveway and I built a little box around it so other animals wouldn’t get to it, and the bird just kept going in and out of there and eventually all the eggs hatched! It was probably the highlight of my entire childhood.

]]> By: Caryn Caldwell http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2715 Caryn Caldwell Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:17:09 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2715 Wow. That was so, so cool! I loved all those pictures, and how great that you guys did everything you could to help the birds without interfering. May they have many adorable babies. Wow. That was so, so cool! I loved all those pictures, and how great that you guys did everything you could to help the birds without interfering. May they have many adorable babies.

]]> By: Nina http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 Nina Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:19:30 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2706 Very cool! I smiled through the whole post knowing that your bird watching buds on Twitter must be going crazy over the new cam! Very cool! I smiled through the whole post knowing that your bird watching buds on Twitter must be going crazy over the new cam!

]]> By: Stephanie Alexander http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 Stephanie Alexander Wed, 06 Jun 2012 18:56:15 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2704 I cannot believe how small those nests are!! we have tons of hummingbirds in our bushes here...but have never seen a nest!! I think my writing process is most hummingbird-y when I'm in one of those frantic dialogue writing bursts...zipping between characters like the hummingbirds between flowers...just stopping to hover over a thought for one second before the next catches my attention! xo I cannot believe how small those nests are!! we have tons of hummingbirds in our bushes here…but have never seen a nest!!

I think my writing process is most hummingbird-y when I’m in one of those frantic dialogue writing bursts…zipping between characters like the hummingbirds between flowers…just stopping to hover over a thought for one second before the next catches my attention! xo

]]> By: Melissa http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2703 Melissa Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:30:05 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2703 Now I'd have to do some research about the barn swallows. Hmm. If they're a local bird, bet you can find a way! Now I’d have to do some research about the barn swallows. Hmm. If they’re a local bird, bet you can find a way!

]]> By: Melissa http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2702 Melissa Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:29:17 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2702 I know... isn't the paint chip thing incredible? I read about one hummingbird (observed by the maker of the hummer houses) that camouflaged one side in one color, based on its position in the shade, and the other side a different color based on position in the sunlight. Brilliant! I raise my margarita to bird lovin' husbands everywhere. I know… isn’t the paint chip thing incredible? I read about one hummingbird (observed by the maker of the hummer houses) that camouflaged one side in one color, based on its position in the shade, and the other side a different color based on position in the sunlight. Brilliant! I raise my margarita to bird lovin’ husbands everywhere.

]]> By: Melissa http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2701 Melissa Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:26:39 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2701 Their dive-bombing antics are quite entertaining. You need to get yourself a hummingbird house to ensure that they DO nest at your place. Baby girl would like that, too! Oh yes, the temptations of baby-tossing-from-the-nest. I hear you! Their dive-bombing antics are quite entertaining. You need to get yourself a hummingbird house to ensure that they DO nest at your place. Baby girl would like that, too! Oh yes, the temptations of baby-tossing-from-the-nest. I hear you!

]]> By: Jenny Wingfield http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2699 Jenny Wingfield Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:19:50 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2699 Amazing -- amazing -- maybe I can learn from you how to attract barn swallows to this farm. When we lived in Arkansas, we had some nesting on the front porch, and we adored them. We've never had them here, and I miss them. Amazing — amazing — maybe I can learn from you how to attract barn swallows to this farm. When we lived in Arkansas, we had some nesting on the front porch, and we adored them. We’ve never had them here, and I miss them.

]]> By: Erika Marks http://melissacrytzerfry.com/2012/06/roostin-hummin/comment-page-1/#comment-2698 Erika Marks Tue, 05 Jun 2012 01:29:16 +0000 http://melissacrytzerfry.com/?p=4120#comment-2698 You just made our night, my dear! Hubby and I pored over this one--now I'll be checking the Hummer-Cam fanatically! I am so, so impressed. I can't get over that they find paint chips the same color--I knew they were bright birds, but that's a whole other level of brilliance. I'm so happy for you!! And we are so grateful for our fellow bird-loving husbands, aren't we? ;) You just made our night, my dear! Hubby and I pored over this one–now I’ll be checking the Hummer-Cam fanatically! I am so, so impressed. I can’t get over that they find paint chips the same color–I knew they were bright birds, but that’s a whole other level of brilliance. I’m so happy for you!! And we are so grateful for our fellow bird-loving husbands, aren’t we? ;)

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