My Wife and I spend a lot of time outside on the lanai in the winter. We listen to music, talk and just enjoy each others company.
Evidently, We were being watched.
It started a few months back, when We got a Hummingbird feeder. It took a while for the local population to find it, but once they had, It was pandemonium.
After watching aerial displays that would put Rickenbacker to shame, a Tyrant took control. So now it's Us, and Napoleon.
This little Fella has got it into His head that We are the Big Flightless Birds that Dwell 'With In'. First He made himself Very comfortable on the back of the love seat that My Wife sits in, about 10 inches away from My Wife. He sits and tells Us about His day, like We understand, and defends His bird feeder.
The other day something happened to change things between Him and Us. I came out the door onto the Lanai, I saw He was at His feeder and said "Hello". Before I could flinch He was in My face, millimeters away, slowly moving around My face, eyes, ears, He stuck His tongue into My right nostril, tickling My nose hairs. It was like He was a tiny lunar lander and I was the Man on the Moon.
He has now done the same to Mary Alice and it has become Our accustomed Greeting.
I always thought I had a special understanding with Animals. I do not hurt Them and They only bite me when They feel like it.
I wanted to share with You this weird little bird, that there is still Magic & Wonder in Our little world.
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