EXCITEMENT.

Kitties!

We had some excitement here at the Lounge which we were NOT ALLOWED to witness!

Mommy was whaling relaxing on the sofa when Daddy burst into the kitchen from the garage..there was a HUMMINGBIRD in there and couldn't find his way out, even though the big garage door was open.  Naturally we knew he wanted to come indoors to "amuse" us but the peeps, dense as they are, were determined to shoo him back out into the Great Outdoors.

What morons.

What ensued was ten minutes of inept hummer-hunting by two panicked peeps...involving brooms, mops, raising and lowering the garage door, and much frantic shouting.  Eventually Daddy was able to trap the Hummer inside a big square plastic container butted up against the ceiling--and standing on his tippy toes he had to wait an eternity until Mommy got a ladder, set it up, and slid on the lid--but not before the hummer escaped and they had to repeat the maneuver all over again!

And then they set him free.  OUTSIDE.  After all that work.

Stunt Hummer courtesy of Wikipedia

Traitors.

Revenge will be had...

Happy Friday!

XX  The Bitterly Disappointed Lounge Kats  XX

Flighty Friday!

Kitties!

Mommy went out to take photos of the baby hummingbirds Thursday morning and they scared the bejeebers outta her--they flew right up at her and then into the tree!

They are fiesty little buggers.  Mommy couldn't see the second chick but she sure could hear it...they were both screaming their fool heads off while Missus Hummer dive-bombed Mommy.

About the only time they shut up was when they were getting fed--yup, Mommy saw it(!!)--but unfortunately she wasn't fast enough to get any photos.

The chicks are about half the size of their Mom, less than two inches (5 cm) long.  However, they have a ton of sass...

...and poop...still!

They are still sleeping in the nest but not for too much longer, we think, it's pretty small now compared to how much they've grown.  Since we have two hummerbird feeders they may stick around for a bit before they take off for their own territories--but we don't know for sure.  Hummers aren't known for their sharing abilities, MOL.  In fact, Mommy and Daddy were sitting on the bench in the front yard as it was getting dark and there were at least SIX of 'em squabbling over the feeders!  Topping off for the evening, no doubt.

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

FLEDGLING Friday!

Kitties!

The snax with toothpicks baby hummingbirds have gotten their feathers!

Look at how much larger they are after just one week...it's amazing.

Pretty soon they'll be just the right size for an amuse bouche...

...OK, OK,  we're kidding...these birdies ain't for eatin'.

*sigh*

Besides, who wants to consume something that poops, All.  The.  Time.

!!!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Katz  XX

And then...there were Two!

Kitties!

It's Week Three of the Baby Hummer Story!

As you can see, the nestlings have gotten a lot bigger, and they have some pinfeathers already.   Baby #2 hatched out the day after the first one, so they are nine and ten days old now.  They don't seem to peep at all, but as you can see they sure can poop!  Missus Hummer has been busy busy busy feeding her babies, she's at the feeder elebenty billion times a day, filling up, plus our Salvia is in bloom and she loves the nectar from those flowers.  A couple readers have asked what type of hummers these are and Mommy is pretty sure they are Anna's Hummingbirds, but since the females are rather drab it's hard to tell for sure; and like Mommy wrote a pal the males (easier to identify) don't stick around, those faithless wretches, MOL.

Stay tuned for next Feathered Friday!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

Feathered Friday, Week TWO

Kitties!

Earlier this week Mommy got a short video of Mrs. Hummerbird sitting on her nest!

It was a very windy day, and as you know her cinematography is amateurish stinky at best, so it's not the greatest...but you can see the Missus in the center of the screen to start (if you look hard) and the eggs in the nest at the end.

See it on YouTube HERE

And then, just yesterday, there was THIS!!!

A baby chick!

And the other egg looks like the second chick hatching out; see the ring around the shell?

Mommy says the baby was bobbing his head around, and it's SO ugly it's adorable.

The hummer feeder is outside the window of Daddy's office, so when he see the Missus drinking he shouts and Mommy runs out with her phone to get a quick photo--that way she doesn't scare Mrs. Hummer off her nest any more.  Mommy will get more photos this week and hopefully we'll have another update next Friday...we are all SO excited!

Happy Friday!

XX  The Katnip Lounge  XX

Feathered Friday

Kitties!

We have exciting news.

It's a hummingbird nest...

...and look--Mrs. Hummer is in it!

We have hummers in our yard year-round, and Daddy feeds them.  Every morning when Mommy goes out with The Baby they get strafed as soon as they round the North corner of the house, so Mommy got crafty suspicious and watched for a couple of days to see where the tiny dive-bomber was emerging from.  Turns out that the bottle-brush tree is the new nursery.

Mommy peeked inside the nest when Mrs. Hummer was at the feeder, and sure enough, there's two eggs inside!  Thay are tiny, like miniature jellybeans.  Mommy will try to get photos but she doesn't want to scare Mrs. Hummer off, so she's no promises.  (She took these with the zoom.)

Furthermore, you'll be pleased to know that our fur is in the nest!  Mommy distinctly saw cat hairs poking out all over.  Incubation lasts only two weeks so we'll be updating soon...

Happy Friday!

XX  The Kats  XX

Saturday Snack

Kitties!

Mrs. Hummerburd here, with the Saturday PhotoHunt.

Today's theme is ~ZOOM~

I have several examples for you:

I zoom around outside, visiting all the flowers and feeders for nectar.

I zoom next to the Catio enclosure, teasing conversing with the Kats in there.

This photo was taken with a zoom lens.

Happy Caturday!

XX  Mrs. Hummerburd, who is NOT a snack.  XX

PhotoHunt Saturday: "LOUD"

Kitties!

The Theme of this Saturday's Photohunt is "LOUD".

Missus Hummingbird says if sticking out her tongue doesn't deter intruders...

She'll get LOUD with them and shriek!

Happy Saturday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

Feathered Friday Feast!

Kitties!

It's been busy at the Hummerbird Cafe.

The Approach

Ready, Aim...

Drink!

Backing up

Second Salvo

*slurp*

Don't stop 'til you get enough!

Hey!
This seat is RESERVED!

 

The Hummerbum of Disrespect

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

Wordless Wednesday--Watching the Watcher

Kitties!

 

Happy Wednesday!

XX  The Daddy, a.k.a. "The Watcher"  XX

Things to See on Thursday

Kitties!

We've had all kinds of excitement out on the Catio.

Daddy moved the Lotus cat tree outdoors for something "new" for us.

We like it!

He also moved the Hummerbird feeder up by the Catio. 

As you can see, we like that too!

The Hummers come in about 5947384 times a day to fuel their evil little engines and wet their foul little whistles.

They are fearless!

Daddy can stand there all day, photographing them.

Mister Pidgee hangs around and The Baby talks to him a lot, trying to convince him of her bad intent hospitality 

*eck eck eck eck eck*

Nyah Nyah!

The Hummer took a break from torturing us and rested in the Lime Lemon tree.

Do you see him?

The lemons are ripe, they are BIG and juicy.

Not that WE would eat a lemon...

...but the lady wearing the baggy-bottomed pants does!

Styling.  Mommy's middle name.

Mommy had never picked fruit off a tree before.  You can see she really got into it.

She and Daddy picked a  big bowlful of lemons, with more to come!

Oh, and a shadow.  THIS is why Daddy shoots most of the photos at our house.

ahem.

So that's the news from our house...have any of your Pawrents gone out on a limb lately?

Happy Thursday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX

In Which Daddy Angers the Evil Hummerbird...

Kitties!

Daddy has been photographing the Evil Hummerbird a lot lately.

And guess what--he doesn't like the flashy box EITHER!

Oh for Burd's sake Mister, you're out here again?

You're practically a tweetin' stalker!

Get a life, I tell you.

Maybe if I give you the Hummerbird Stare of Death you'll go away.

No? 

You leave me with no other choice, then.

I CRAP at you!

So there.

This is another fine example of the Hummerbird's Evilness.

Besides using foul language and dive bombing kitties, they poop offensively.

Good grief.

Happy Friday!

XX  The Lounge Kats  XX