Tucson By Choice!: Homebuilding On A Miniature Scale: A Sure Sign of Spring in Tucson, AZ

Homebuilding On A Miniature Scale: A Sure Sign of Spring in Tucson, AZ

While we Lenders, Real Estate Agents, Appraisers and Title folk are worrying about the housing market and its effects on our individual economies, there's hope on the horizon. 

Hummingbirds have returned to Tucson, Arizona.

Oblivious to the humans around them, they court the opposite sex, settle on a mate, and get down to the business of building a home.  

The gossamer nest protects the tiny eggs from wind and weather.  Chittering defiantly at my camera, the mother refuses to budge, and after two or three photos, I retreat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The world's a better place today.

I'm Mike in Tucson, your preferred Tucson, Arizona mortgage lender.
Mike Jones (Tucson Mortgage Company, LLC): Loan Officer in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
Think of me as your local expert.

10 comments • Mike Jones • April 23 2008 12:29AM

Comments

Awesome photos! Tom  Mike - whatever you are doing to these photographs is amazing. Something I am just going to have to pick your brain over.  Good to see the housing is sound and well in Arizona, even in our trees!
Posted by Gilbert Arizona Real Estate - REALTOR® Candace Robinson Broker Associate (HomeSmart ) about 4 years ago
Great photos. Aren't those little hummingbirds great. Last year we were fortunate to have a nest right outside of Bob's office window.We were able to watch as the two little ones stood on the edge of the nest and flapped their little wings for the first time.
Posted by Benjamin Realty LLC about 4 years ago

You reminded me to put whip up some hummer juice and hang my feeders out!  

 

Posted by Susie Blackmon~Ocala~Horses~Western Wear~Horse Farms~Marketing. about 4 years ago
Mike hung out the hummer feeders 3 weeks ago and I love watching them.  All the birds building makes me smile and stop what I'm doing just to watch their busy activity.  There is no housing bubble there!
Posted by Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach Nannette Turner Saunders (Associate Broker Keller Williams Realty) about 4 years ago

Nanette,

Aren't they wonderful!  Thanks for commenting.

Susie,

They'll be looking for you!

Bob and Carolin,

We're blessed in AZ to have so many different species; when my Darlin' and I lived back in NJ, we had just the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, but at her parents home in Green Bank, they have had as many as 30 birds at a time hovering around four 1-qt feeders.  They go through 50 lbs. of sugar in a summer.  Thanks so much for commenting!  I hope to see you at the AZ Blogging Network event tomorrow morning.  (Click the image for more info.)

Candace,

Thanks for being the first to comment!  We'll see you in the a.m. 

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC) about 4 years ago

Very cool we are starting to see them here also. Today I have set aside a couple hours to work in the yard. I miss doing that.

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Posted by Charlottesville Real Estate www.CharlottesvilleSolutions.com (Charles McDonald 434-515-1585) about 4 years ago

Charles,

Thanks for commenting!  Take some pics!

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC) about 4 years ago
That hummer looks like she is daring you to even think about coming near.  Careful, she'll show you what she's got.  :)   Nice shot of a still hummer. 
Posted by Phoenix Arizona Real Estate ~ Doreen McPherson (Homesmart ~ Scottsdale ~ Tempe) about 4 years ago
Mike - what beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing them with us!!!
Posted by Bill's Blog - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD (Charles Rutenberg Realty) about 4 years ago

These tiny beings are so wonderful to watch. Thanks for the nest picture - the nests are pretty hard to find here!

Thanks for the reminder to put out the feeders. 

Posted by Bonnie & Terry Westbrook Grand Rapids MI Real Estate (Westbrook Realty) about 4 years ago

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