Subj : Re: same as it ever was
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Wed May 30 2018 17:42:58

-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-May-2018 03:38 <=-

So, I wondered why you hadn't responded to my last message, and
discovered now that you had, but that not only had I not left it
unmarked for Read, but I'd also forgotten to Save it... guess things
were too crazy that day.... ;)  But I've gone searching and found
this... so back to normal, I suppose... ;)

 NB>> Just have to wait for them....  :)

 MK> I am sure they'll be along once they are good and ready.

And have the chicks hatched yet...?
 
 NB>> Sounds like they think you are getting too close to their nests

 MK> In the past it was usually their food supply, such as feeders,
 MK> flowers, etc. However after seeing the male showing off in the
 MK> northeat corner I am almost convinced there indeed is a nest there. 

And hummingbirds are so tiny it's hard to see their nests anyway... :)

 NB>> you'll be tempted to look more closely... ;)

 MK> Not really but I have made it a point to watch the bush in question to
 MK> see if I can spot a point of entry/departure whenever entering or
 MK> leaving my abode. 

Did you find such...?

 NB>> Do you have an alternate way in/out of the house...?

 MK> Yes but it's not very convenient and probably as annoying, maybe
 MK> moreso, to them.  I think leaving well enough alone and having them
 MK> get used to me might be the best idea all around.  Also now that the
 MK> bush in question has gotten more leafier I am extremely doubtful a
 MK> nest and be spotted without causing way too much grief.  I am content
 MK> to leave Mother Nature's creatures to do their thing with minimal
 MK> hassel from this particular Mother Nature's creature. 

Guess that's the best way then... Have they become more used to you...?

 MK> Still haven't spotted any quail so I am convinced they are nesting
 MK> somewhere in the neighbourhood, perhaps the brambles where the
 MK> neighbour heard at least of couple of them cooing.  I am sure they'll
 MK> be passing by again once the latest batch is mobile as there are far
 MK> too many food sources along this well trodden path for them to abandon
 MK> it. 

Sounds likely that they are nesting, then.... and in due time, you'll
see the chick procession... ;)

And from an earlier conversation, I had occasion yesterday to be in a
liquor store, and took at gander at the scotch selections, just on
general principles... not in the market to buy at the moment... ;)  I
noticed the Glenlivet Founders Reserve on the shelf... priced slightly
below the fifth of Glenlivet 12... There was an open space where the
shelf tag said 1 liter Glenlivet 12, and next to that, a slot where
there were 1.75 liter boxed bottles of Glenlivet 12, for a bit over
$100... I suppose that if one were likely to drink something like that
more frequently than I do, that the last could be a good deal... but
still a fair bit more than I'd wish to be dropping at one time...  ;)

ttyl       neb

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