Birding Through Glass

I picked up a new weed wacker (Husqvarna 130L) and took out the glossy buckthorn out back and next door at Bonnie's. I then decided to dig up the dirt strip under the feeders and apply 16 bags of mulch (finished today).  To celebrate completing all of the yard chores I grabbed the Sony 600/4 and sat on the deck this evening with the hopes of photographing* the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (male and female) that have been visiting the feeder (changed every other day for the past month). I took a side track when the Eastern Bluebirds started appearing at the nest box across the Quinlan Prairie.  They  appeared to have abandoned the bluebird box during mid-May, but reappeared after the first of June and are actively nesting and raising young. How many? I don't know; I don't want to disturb the nesting parents. They then appeared again next door at Bonnie's. The male loves to perch right over the jelly feeder and I've been griping to Bonnie that the "Damn bluebird k...