Oak Clement's passion these days is ruby- throated hummingbirds - and his backyard shows it. "I am just so fascinated with these amazing and incredible creatures," he said, leading a personal tour of his feeders, the numerous flowering plants and trees he's planted -- and the 33-foot-long stream and cascading waterfall he has put in to attract the hummingbirds and other birds. "I've created and enlarged an environment for hummingbirds to know and enjoy and to come back to each year," added Clement, 63, a retired state Department of Taxation and Finance employee. Clement's work, he said, has been rewarded by the presence in his yard of nine female (hen) hummingbirds, along with one...
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