observation · birds

First Hummingbird Seen This Spring

United States2026-08-23

At 7:35 AM today, I observed the first hummingbird I've seen in my garden this spring. It visited flowering plants several times over approximately 15 minutes.

NaturePulse could compare year over year: 2026 — April 18 · 2027 — April 11 · 2028 — April 7. One observation is a story. Twenty years of observations from the same location becomes a dataset.

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My fascination with nature began long before smartphones, digital photography or the Internet. I grew up in Elivaly, in Kadanad village in Kottayam district, Kerala — surrounded by the rhythms of rural life.

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