Thursday, April 02, 2009

Human Hummingbird?

Noun-1.
hummingbird - tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
family Trochilidae, Trochilidae - hummingbirds
Archilochus colubris - a kind of hummingbird
thornbill - any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill.

These tiny birds are in migration now and the first sighting for St. Louis was reported yesterday, April 1st. I know of two songs honoring these amazing birds one by Seals & Crofts and the other by Leon Russell. Both songs are simply called Hummingbird and are beautiful tributes to these sweet little birds.
Awe! I just found a beautiful tiffany hummingbird lamp sitting upstairs~just how long has this mate to the other hummer lamp been sitting on the upstairs table? Mushroom~you're too much and I love it!

Hum~hum~hum~I have firmly come to believe that I am in fact a hummingbird, now if I could only learn how to hover!