{"id":1563,"date":"2015-04-30T23:50:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T06:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2015-04-30T23:50:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T06:50:48","slug":"talking-about-hummingbirds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/04\/30\/talking-about-hummingbirds\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking about hummingbirds&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After setting up the treehouse for the kids, I decided to add a hummingbird feeder off of the end to see if we could become friendlier with our hummingbird neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worked!<\/p>\n<p>They love our yard for its flowers, and they love our yard for its hummingbird feeder. While we&#8217;re in the yard playing, they&#8217;re buzzing around us almost as if they don&#8217;t fear us at all. Today, the main fellow (or maybe the sneaky fellow &#8211; I can&#8217;t tell the difference yet) buzzed just out of arm&#8217;s length away from me, suspended in air as we watched each other.<\/p>\n<p>He then went and chased, got chased, and I lost track of where he went.<\/p>\n<p>The kids started playing pirates in the treehouse, and as they were bringing the treasure into the pirate ship, I said to Amelia, &#8220;Look, the hummingbird is back&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_1565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 800px\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mr_hummingbird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1565\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/mr_hummingbird.jpg?resize=765%2C470\" alt=\"Mr Hummingbird in the backyard\" width=\"765\" height=\"470\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Mr Hummingbird in the backyard<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>I think her expression takes care of the rest of the story \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After setting up the treehouse for the kids, I decided to add a hummingbird feeder off of the end to see if we could become friendlier with our hummingbird neighbors. It&#8217;s worked! They love our yard for its flowers, and they love our yard for its hummingbird feeder. While we&#8217;re in the yard playing, they&#8217;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[64,66,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQyAq-pd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1538,"url":"https:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2015\/04\/15\/my-urban-jungle\/","url_meta":{"origin":1563,"position":0},"title":"My urban jungle","date":"April 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Micky and I are taking the week off to do tasks around the house to prepare for the baby. 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