-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 11-May-2018 03:38 <=-   
      
   So, I wondered why you hadn't responded to my last message, and   
   discovered now that you had, but that not only had I not left it   
   unmarked for Read, but I'd also forgotten to Save it... guess things   
   were too crazy that day.... ;)  But I've gone searching and found   
   this... so back to normal, I suppose... ;)   
      
    NB>> Just have to wait for them....  :)   
      
    MK> I am sure they'll be along once they are good and ready.   
      
   And have the chicks hatched yet...?   
       
    NB>> Sounds like they think you are getting too close to their nests   
      
    MK> In the past it was usually their food supply, such as feeders,   
    MK> flowers, etc. However after seeing the male showing off in the   
    MK> northeat corner I am almost convinced there indeed is a nest there.    
      
   And hummingbirds are so tiny it's hard to see their nests anyway... :)   
      
    NB>> you'll be tempted to look more closely... ;)   
      
    MK> Not really but I have made it a point to watch the bush in question to   
    MK> see if I can spot a point of entry/departure whenever entering or   
    MK> leaving my abode.    
      
   Did you find such...?   
      
    NB>> Do you have an alternate way in/out of the house...?   
      
    MK> Yes but it's not very convenient and probably as annoying, maybe   
    MK> moreso, to them.  I think leaving well enough alone and having them   
    MK> get used to me might be the best idea all around.  Also now that the   
    MK> bush in question has gotten more leafier I am extremely doubtful a   
    MK> nest and be spotted without causing way too much grief.  I am content   
    MK> to leave Mother Nature's creatures to do their thing with minimal   
    MK> hassel from this particular Mother Nature's creature.    
      
   Guess that's the best way then... Have they become more used to you...?   
      
    MK> Still haven't spotted any quail so I am convinced they are nesting   
    MK> somewhere in the neighbourhood, perhaps the brambles where the   
    MK> neighbour heard at least of couple of them cooing.  I am sure they'll   
    MK> be passing by again once the latest batch is mobile as there are far   
    MK> too many food sources along this well trodden path for them to abandon   
    MK> it.    
      
   Sounds likely that they are nesting, then.... and in due time, you'll   
   see the chick procession... ;)   
      
   And from an earlier conversation, I had occasion yesterday to be in a   
   liquor store, and took at gander at the scotch selections, just on   
   general principles... not in the market to buy at the moment... ;)  I   
   noticed the Glenlivet Founders Reserve on the shelf... priced slightly   
   below the fifth of Glenlivet 12... There was an open space where the   
   shelf tag said 1 liter Glenlivet 12, and next to that, a slot where   
   there were 1.75 liter boxed bottles of Glenlivet 12, for a bit over   
   $100... I suppose that if one were likely to drink something like that   
   more frequently than I do, that the last could be a good deal... but   
   still a fair bit more than I'd wish to be dropping at one time...  ;)   
      
   ttyl       neb   
      
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