One of the things I most enjoy about writing The Backyard Wildlife Connection is fellow bloggers share with all of us a wealth of information regarding ways to enhance backyards for wildlife as well as stories regarding experiences with their wildlife neighbors.

       When I read the blog found below, I knew I just had to share it with you.   The piece was written in response to a   Backyard Secret regarding how hummingbirds recognize human faces.

       I hope you will enjoy this story as much as I did.

Thu, Feb 27 at 10:08 AM

I found a baby hummingbird a couple years back in blackberry bushes. Her wing was pierced, and I took her home and syringe fed her sugar water until she could fly again and let her go. I named her hummer and she would always fly back to our apartment and say hi, even bumping the window to get our attention. We moved and I thought I wouldn’t see her again. Fast forward a couple years and we moved into the apartments right next to the ones we lived in when I found her. We were outside and she hit my fiancés leg to get her attention and flew off, I thought it was her but I wasn’t quite sure until about a week later I saw a hummingbird from our balcony. I called her name, “Hummer” and she flew straight at me and my fiancé, like, she got about 2 feet away from us, hovered for a bit, and flew off. I thought it might’ve been a fluke but about 5 minutes later I saw her again a little further back than before and I called her name again, “Hummer” and she flew straight at us again! I know she recognizes me for sure and she even comes to her name! My fiancé tried as well to call her and she went to her too, even though she wasn’t around hummer that much, maybe 2 days. I just wanted to share.

Lucian W