09/06/2026
Sept Farm Story: While Farmer Bill was feeding Trouble (the goat) and his accomplices he gets a notification on his phone. Oh, before the rest of the story, Farmer Bill wants a poll taken. You see, Trouble keeps jumping the fence and joining the wedding and pizza parties because he just loves all our farm friends and wants to hang out at the parties. Should Farmer Bill build the fence higher or just let him free range? Answer in comments!
Anyway, the phone notification was a yearly phenology reminder that hummingbirds should be showing up soon on their return migration. Backstory; Farmer Bill and Julie spent about a decade in the mountains of Colorado and just as exciting as the bears, mountain lions, deer, and elk in their village were the hummingbirds- hundreds of them all summer. One of Farmer Bills favorite sounds is the hum of the hummingbirds zooming by and watching them flit around. On the farm here, we don’t have them stay during the summer but around early September a few stop by on their migration route.
So, just 10 minutes later as Bill was watering the flowers a hummingbird shows up, lands on a table and says, “Hi Farmer Bill, it’s nice to see you again.” Bill replied, “and you also, how was your summer up north?” She cocked her head and said, “it was wonderful.” Farmer Bill said, “little friend, how do you fly so far, sometimes thousands of miles and how do you know where to go…and why do you stop by the farm here? “Wow” she said, “that’s a lot of deep questions…I just know... but I don’t really have time to talk, I have miles to go before I sleep, cya.” And off she flew. Happy National Hummingbird Day.
