[TN-Bird] "Pokey" hummingbirds + white pigeon no-show
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:00:52 EDT
Good morning Birders,
For several days, here at my home in the Charlotte Park area of West
Nashville (Davidson County) a few blocks from the Cumberland River's Cleece's
Ferry
boat ramp, I have watched my hummingbirds enjoy feeding from the flowers of a
ten foot tall poke berry bush that is growing at the side of my deck just
outside the kitchen window. As I washed my dinner dishes last night around
seven,
several hummers including my second male of the season went to war over the
flowers which are still blooming although bunches of berries are forming.
Looks
as if I'll have a bumper crop of poke berries in addition to all these grapes
the birds are now gulping down in their endless search for sustenance. I hope
the leaves of the poke stay nice through the season so that I can make myself
a "mess" of poke salat. I don't want to strip the plant now so that it will
provide plenty of healthy blossoms & berries for my birds. My morning glories
in pink, magenta, blue and deep purple are providing an attraction for the
hummers this morning along with the poke & althea blossoms.
On another note, I watched almost constantly yesterday in the hope that my
suspected albino rock pigeon would return. It didn't. Perhaps it was blown in
from elsewhere and went back "home" after the storm. I am fairly familiar
with the "resident" flock, and I have noticed that the two "cinnamon" birds
come
by with the group only about once a week. They, too, are quite gorgeous.
Several people wrote off line to tell me they had seen albino rock pigeons here
and as far away as Montana and Long Island. I still WANT this one to return
and pose for a picture.
Happy birding to all.
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
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