Babies
Our Hummingbird Friend
We have a (sometimes) hummingbird neighbor who is back again. In 2007, this hummingbird came to nest in our garden to make a home for her young. It was so amazing to watch the construction take place. It’s hard enough being pregnant, let alone build a “house” while pregnant..flying back and forth. It typically takes a humming bird a little less than a week to finish her nest. And it is said that the birds average well over 100 trips per day working for about 4 to 5 hours in quest to finish this nest.
I know, I know, it’s not the same, but we are not in their world, so we can’t possibly tell how easy or hard this is for them.
I’m not sure how many weeks or months a hummingbird holds the eggs before they’re laid, and then how long the eggs take to hatch, but it seemed like we were “pregnant” at the same time and “delivered” at the same time. She became our little pet, and we were so fascinated by her. She was there every time we stepped out or came back in.
Unfortunately, she left right after her babies hatched and we didn’t see her again. We left the nest there - so that one day she might return - and she is back. Back to have another baby. How spiritual is that? We are going to have our babies at the same time again. The seasons are different, the time is different, but yet she is here.
This has a spiritual significance for us. Call us mushy or softies, but it feels like we are being protected by this beautiful creature, who we initially felt like we have to look out for. She is like part of the family now. And we already know that we’ll miss her when she is gone.
But I hope she knows that if/when she does return, she is on her own with the pregnancy. I’m done. Lol!
Happy Friday, lovely ones. Make it a fab weekend!
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Lovely post, thanks dear. Same to you….
hummingbirds are lovely creatures. i have a certain affinity for finches as well. it must have something to do with my namesake/namegiver.
hope to meet you soon.
How beautiful!!!
Nice post. i can relate with this cos i had a pigoen built its nest and had her babies [2] on my window while i was preggers wit my first [Dec 2007] and she can back last dec too to have another set. i was awesome. i had to leave the windows open the whole period.