e will be starting the drama Romeo, The suave expe- Flash, famboyant, exciting, next month in the pre- The Real Housewives ofrienced alpha male, his dashing and daring, this guy territory includes the large has the package and he de-W mier episode of Hummingbird Hillsarbutus tree. He’s Dawn’s livers time after time. Female The Real Housewives of main squeeze and father birds swoon at his steep dives Cast of Hummingbird Hills, but frst, to Rise and Shine. Also and squeal in delight at his linked with Blossom and tail chirp! He is the father let me introduce you to the cast Charactersrumoured to be having an of Leaf and Petal, April and of characters:affair with Jade. May, Sparkle and Glitter. Jade, recently gave birth to Gem and Jewel. She has a mid-level territory including the Petal, has had zero out of eight eggs hatch. She sits thicket near the watching rock. It’s a desirable patiently on her nests for weeks for naught, how location. She controls most of the clearing’s will Petal deal with her loss? Will she strike out in swarms of fies. anger? Will she plot to take over the fy swarms? Does she know anything about the missing pollen?Leaf, Son of Rosebud, brother of Petal, is working his way through society and destined to be a great bird. He’s in competition with Hercules son of Athena, Thunderpants, so named because of the loud diving chirps brother of Thetis. Leaf controls access to the deep for- he creates with his tailfeathers. The word was that he used est feeder station and has a small but powerful terri- more than just his tail feathers to coax a chirp from his tory. Thetis gets to drink there sometimes. Leaf barely dives! In his prime he was so loud he could attract a crowd survived the great cold spell of 2011 and was only of females from across the harbour. Lately though, he has saved because a sugar water feeder appeared in his seen his appeal fade as Romeo and Flash have each gained bush like a glowing beacon of salvation. He believes it trees from his territory.was his great handsomeness that caused it to appear and won’t let anyone forget it.Athena, mother of Hercules and Thetis, was once in a Crystal, Mother of Sparkle and Glitter, has had power block with Zeus and controlled all the Camas babies by both Flash and Thunderpants, Usu- fower meadow. When Zeus mysteriously disap-ally stays in the Ocean Spray bush near the oak peared and the camas crop failed, Athens took up trees, but recently has been seen sitting in the with Romeo in an attempt to rebuild her family hold-large arbutus tree. ings and restore her power.Rosebud is the matriarch of the The Real Housewives offorest. She controls a honeysuckle Pepito the Humming Bandit has Hummingbird Hillsbush and only allows close friends been seen hovering around the the privilege of eating there. She Hill. No good can come of this Cast of has had chicks with Flash, and six-gun Lothario and his sip-Thunderpants and is spending a and-run ways. We'll just have Charactersbit too much time preening and wait and see what happens...practicing her songs near Romeo. 28 Hummingbirds Up Close Magazine Hummingbirds Up Close Magazine 29