Bananas and a hummingbird

What do bananas and hummingbirds have in common? They're both plentiful in Nuevo Vallarta!

Picture on the left shows Earl posing beside a banana tree growing at the Paradise Resort near our hotel. Bananas are one of Earl's favorite fruits and he can quote their price per pound anytime (at present, they sell for 85 cents Canadian per pound or 65 cents US). Bananas sold in Winnipeg are imported from Mexico so it is fitting that we spotted this banana tree near our hotel, an interesting discovery for Earl, who had never in his life seen a banana tree.

Picture on the right shows a very exhausted and disoriented hummingbird. We spotted this wee fellow flying up and down against the glass. It was obvious that he did not realize he could not fly through the glass and it was also obvious that he couldn't see the glass. Finally, after an exhausting attempt to fly through the glass, he settled down to rest on the leaf of this ivy plant. We touched him and urged him to fly away from the glass. That's the closest we've ever been to a hummingbird.