Dear Willowley:

Thank you so much for writing! You are very fortunate to live in such a beautiful place in the mountains! I live in suburbia and wish I had more wildness around me. Usually I see only a few hummingbirds around at any one time; to see so many of them at the same time like you do would be fantastic! Thank you for being so dedicated to feeding them--I'm sure they come back every year because they know they will be well taken care of.

I hope for you that you find a nest! The birds around your home probably nest high up in the trees; the birds where I live have a habit of nesting in my trees but in the lower branches that are close to the ground. I don't know why they do this--the nests seem to get lower to the ground every year--maybe because they've gotten used to me and trust me, I don't know.

Sadly, the two hummingbird babies I was watching have both died.

Tearfully,
Mayah