N.M. Monday, Sept. 18. This has been an interesting week. With the cooler air arriving not only have the sunrises and sunsets become more colorful, but certain trees are turning color. All hummingbirds left my property aside for one lone hummer. Seems with cooler weather yellow jackets and hornets have taken a liking to the hummer's feeder food.
Bees chase the poor bird away.
This pm around 1, a hawk was chasing some of my goldfinches in my yard. He hit it so hard that his feathers were all over my window and knocked down my hummer feeder to boot. He was stunned, of course, and laid on the ground for a good 30 min. Stunning to watch right from my own deck without going to the hawk watches. Wish I had my binoculars to identify which species of hawks they were.