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Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
July 2, 2025 at 8:09 am
Oh my! what a lovely view you have.
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July 2, 2025 at 8:13 am
He does this when the oriole feeder is empty. He figures if he hangs out on the hummingbird feeder and stares intently into our living room I’ll get up and put more grape jelly in his feeder. He’s not wrong.
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July 2, 2025 at 9:11 am
He knows you!
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July 2, 2025 at 10:12 am
Are you talkin’ to me???
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July 2, 2025 at 1:02 pm
He’s definitely talking to me. Wanting to know why I am so derelict in filling the oriole feeder. He feels belittled that he’s reduced to figuring out the hummingbird feeder.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:15 pm
How dare you!! The nerve and the things a good bird has to put up with…
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July 2, 2025 at 11:22 am
❤️
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July 2, 2025 at 1:02 pm
I know, right?
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July 2, 2025 at 10:17 pm
Oops – wrong feeder, sorry!! Great shot Dawn!
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July 6, 2025 at 10:42 am
Yes, he and the downy woodpeckers often work at getting sugar water out of the hummingbird feeder. I think the raccoon does at night too. I try to remember to bring it in at night.
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July 6, 2025 at 8:36 pm
They keep you busy filling it – hope the hummingbirds get some as well! A fellow blogger lives in Tofino, B.C. and a few years ago he did a post of all his hummingbirds (I think his are Anna’s Hummingbirds). He has a tall feeder and at dusk they come for one final sip – he gets about 20+ hummingbirds and sometimes he has to hold the feeder with his hand to steady it as they try to push each other off the ports. In the video a few of the hummingbirds just perched on his hand while waiting their turn. 🙂
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July 3, 2025 at 7:18 am
What a great photo!
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July 6, 2025 at 10:42 am
Thank you!
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July 3, 2025 at 11:38 am
Beautiful! I love the expressions and the contrasts!
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July 6, 2025 at 10:42 am
Me too!
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July 6, 2025 at 5:15 am
Hey, lady! Where’s my feeder?
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July 6, 2025 at 10:43 am
That’s exactly what he was telling me. I hurried up and got more jelly in his big ole orange feeder so he would leave this to the sweet little hummingbirds. Not that they’re above buzzing him to get to their spot.
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