Every day I peer at my hummingbird feeder, which is only three feet from my front window and sways slightly in the breeze.  It was just last week I put out fresh nectar.  In the past, the first hummingbirds did not appear until the end of the month.  Nevertheless, I keep thinking I will see one any minute and periodically stare at it for a number of seconds each day.  Maybe, this will be the year they appear earlier.  They had a long flight to get here.  I am hopeful any way.