Hummingbirds...

Well, today was a wonderful day of exploring nature. We had the opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with some hummingbirds. We traveled to Rockport to the annual Hummingbird Festival. We chose to go on our own self-guided tour of the homes. We visited two sites. The first was a public garden and we saw maybe two hummers. The second site was a private home that had several feeders and a lots of hummers for us to observe. The highlight of the day, however, came on our last stop when the kids got to experience the banding of the birds. This is where they catch the birds and record data about them and place a tiny tag on them. This allows them to track the birds for future data. After each bird was recorded our kids got to release the birds. It was AWESOME!! I love hummingbirds to start out with, but today I realized why I love them so much. They are so delicate and dainty, beautiful creatures. They are spry little creatures too, flitting here and there almost faster than your eye can take them in. They remind me of my beautiful children, also wonderful works of God!