Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:34:34 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Laura Farron Subject: Rufous hummingbird Comments: To: va-bird@freelists.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I cleaned the Ripley garden hummingbird feeders this morning; unfortunately, the leaky feeder broke completely during cleaning (I think I found the leak!), so there is currently only one feeder in the garden. I will try to get a replacement up tomorrow. I saw the Rufous briefly around 8:15. I went out again around 12:30 to see if she was coming to the feeder: she finally showed up for a very short visit at about 12:50. She hawked for insects, sat briefly in the tall, odd Viburnum, used the feeder, and then zipped off to the right. Patience is often required lately when watching for this hummer, but she is still around! Laura Farron SW DC Laura.C-CTR.Farron@faa.gov ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================