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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.

Posted Wednesday Apr 23
( 04/23/08 12:42AM ) — Gilbert Arizona Real Estate - Candace Robinson

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!

( 04/23/08 02:19AM ) — Bob & Carolin Benjamin - E Phoenix Arizona Real Estate

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.

( 04/23/08 02:32AM ) — Susie Blackmon-Maggie Valley Waynesville NC Realtor/RE Blogger/Photographer

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

 

( 04/23/08 05:01AM ) — Lynchburg & Roanoke Area Nannette Saunders ASSOCIATE BROKER

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!

( 04/23/08 05:28AM ) — Mike Jones

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

( 04/23/08 11:58AM ) — Charles McDonald / Your Trusted Broker for Charlottesville Real Estate

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.

Your Friend in Charlottesville Virginia!

( 04/23/08 01:19PM ) — Mike Jones

Charles,

Thanks for commenting!  Take some pics!

Mike in Tucson

( 04/23/08 01:46PM ) — Phoenix Arizona Real Estate ~ Doreen McPherson

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. 

( 04/24/08 08:54AM ) — Bill & Barbara Jo - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD

Mike - what beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing them with us!!!

( 04/24/08 01:05PM ) — Bonnie Westbrook Grand Rapids MI Real Estate Marketing

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. 

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