Put up the feeder. There is no evidence that a feeder will delay migration. They migrate based on light cycle, and there are still plenty of insects out. If the bird is truly lost feed it, and give it a better chance to survive.
I wrote some old articles for the Yellowthroat on out-of-season, out-of-range hummingbirds. Check out those article. Too tired to look them up now, but do a Yellowthroat search.
Feed the bird, and it may be identified to species. If it is not a RTHU, call me. 301-752-9240. I will call Bruce Peterjohn.
George
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www.georgejett.net
From: Edward Boyd
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:07 PM
Cc: <mdbirding...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] puzzling hummer
There were 3 vagrant hummingbirds at a private location in Washington County at the same time in the last twelve months.
Ed Boyd
Chestnut Hill Cove, MD
On Sep 19, 2012 5:49 PM, "Peter Lev" <plev...> wrote:
I am interested to find that people are seeing a large hummer at Robert E. Lee Park. I continue to think I saw one last week, but had no documentation and no firm ID. Leo Weigant�s observations are certainly the most detailed we have had.
I think it�s unlikely that 2 vagrant hummers are at Robert E. Lee Park. The Davey Tree stump dump is very close to the boardwalk trail.
Peter Lev
Baltimore
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