Hummingbird Update

This isn't the best quality image, but this was the picture I took of them two days before they left the nest...their eyes are glowing from the flash, and if you look carefully, you can see their baby beaks, one pointing right and one pointing left.

I decided to do a follow up note on the hummingbirds, because the response was overwhelming to the story I told in last month's newsletter. Here're a couple of the responses I got:

From James:
I had to write because I know exactly what you mean about feeling pleasure and satisfaction over other people's growth and it was a nice reminder that others may feel the same for me.

Hummingbirds as shaman totems represent joy, the sweetness and abundance of life and the ability to change direction easily, great totems for a yoga studio!





From Cathy:
I love your hummingbird story. We had hummers in our bamboo in our backyard. Look at the attached picture - top center are the two babies in the nest. We would watch them every day. And when it got windy and rainy, I worried. I worried they were going to get wet and not survive. I thought about putting out one of those patio heaters for them..... But it only took one sunny day & they were off. The nest is now vacant. But I look at it often and think of those little hummers. They are still in the hood. I hear them in the bamboo - a distinct little clicking noise. They zip around and occasionally stop on a branch to say hello. Super cute! I believe it is a good omen to have hummingbirds nest in your tree. And even more so to notice they are there.

Here's a picture of Cathy's hummingbirds...
Ever since I wrote last month's hummingbird story, I've noticed more hummingbirds, hummingbird images, and all things hummingbird related. I'm not sure it means anything, but it does make me happy and I remember the little guys that I watched from the time they were eggs to when they were old enough to leave the nest. A microcosm of life, no?