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The husband came home from the gas station with something cradled in his hands the other day.
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A perfectly dried and preserved Monarch butterfly he found on top of the gas pump.
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Such delicate, beautiful creatures.
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He (she?) will reside on the auxiliary desk in our home office, with the hummingbird nest a girlfriend gave me and the pig made from nut shells I bought in Chinatown when I was a child.
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River's world..... 
That, dear lady, is some serious rock hard, battle tested, Jarhead kind of stuff right there. Ooh fuggin’ RAH!
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Damn straight!
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In memory of such a delicate, beautiful creature:
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❤️
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And so terribly exploited. Good comment.
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I second what Kenny said, just a tough and rugged Marine!
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I have a hummingbird nest too! With bonus of 2 abandoned eggs that look like tictacs.
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Even better! Though I’m sad they didn’t hatch…
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Same. The nest was just outside my bedroom window. The day I noticed it (from afar) was the last time the mother was there. If she’d returned I would have gotten an internet webcam to watch the nest. Maybe she sensed that and was shy.
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Oddly, I never thought of hummingbirds as having nests. But of course they do!
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I’d never seen or felt one until my friend gave me that. It’s surprisingly soft.
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It’s a GIRL. 😊
The hummingbird nest is incredible!!
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How do you determine the sex?
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The males have two small black dots on the bottom/backside of their wings. (think balls)
The females have more prominent/thicker black veins throughout their wings, with no black dots.
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Interesting. Though you realize I’ll have to check for butterfly balls from now on….
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A perfect addition to the home office!
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I had milkweed growing this year and had high hopes………….but nothing.
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We used to have a lot of milkweed, now only a few blooms here and there in the field. Not enough to attract them I guess.
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