EXPLORING NATURE: BIRD SIGHTINGS

I am enjoying birds of all sizes at my place. A tiny black-chinned hummingbird feeds at my sugar-water feeder on the back deck while down below, a large black vulture stands on my birdbath and sips the water.

My wet-weather creek, thanks to recent rain, is bubbling along, and I marvel at the torrent of water rushing along. How does that much water get stored up from one five-inch rain?

While I am mostly restricted to black vultures, black-chinned hummers and an assortment of house sparrows, black-crested titmice and Carolina wrens, other folks in this area are chalking up some rare sightings.