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Is it any wonder I love this man?

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It was pouring rain recently and my big tough Marine husband was watching a hummingbird struggle to feed in the downpour.

Though I tried to explain hummingbirds live in tropical rain forests where deluges are common, he said, “These hummers are in Maine. They need help.”

So what did he do?

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He went outside and got drenched…

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In order to rig an umbrella over the feeder.

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As soon as it was installed?

Grateful hummingbirds.

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Of course the wind was blowing and securing it took repeated trips.

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But the little guys loved it.

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With one fellow happily perching there for an hour.

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❤️

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36 thoughts on “Is it any wonder I love this man?”

      1. All the animals we feed are capable of foraging, but life is different with humans in the picture. The patterns of wind and water change when you put a house in the way. I think he was right about them being Mainers.

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  2. That is sweet. I remember my husband walking down the road and meeting me at the bus stop when it was raining and a heavy deluge and our car was not working-years ago. Yes, still the same although he hides it well.

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      1. He can be. But yet, if he doesn’t like someone, whew, I still work as a teacher and he tells me his take on some situations. Seriously, I would have a problem but yeah…if I followed his lead but yeah for me, he is good.

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  6. Scientists traced the extinction of the hummingbirds to the misguided actions of one man, whose umbrella installation over a feeder eventually led to the tiny birds losing the ability to feed in heavy rain without human intervention.

    And humans are a fickle, unreliable sort…

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  11. How wonderful!!

    Did you see the news blurb about Cakif hummingbirds evolving due to feeders? I think it said their beaks got longer and… wider? stronger?… something like that.

    I’m having my very tall fake honeysuckle chopped down so that my cat has less opps to catch hummingbirds. I feel bad, but there are abundant, safer, alternates nearby for the birdies.

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      1. New skill this year. She’s killed 5. One was alive in the house and I was able to capture it and set it free, seemingly uninjured. I’ve been feeling horrible about it but a neighbor said her cat is doing it too. Plus, yesterday evening, I watched a hummingbird hover really low, then dive bomb the same cat… it’s really lucky she wasn’t paying attention!!

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  12. That is so awesome! What a considerate man who notices the little things around him. My husband has been put in charge of feeding Red while I’m recovering from surgery. After my husband left, Red sang and sang to me and stared at me through the window!

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  16. Thinking of you and your hubby as ai just saw a tv show segment about hummingbirds & rain. Turns out that hummingbirds shake off water with a headflip that has the force of14 G’s. While feeding, they change their airflap speed to reduce water absoption. But if they get too wet, they do the fast headflip while hovering.

    -How Do Animals Do That, S2 E1 Acrobatic Cats and Butterfly Wings – last segment

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