>Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] humming bird dance--males still here too
>
>Down here in Northern Neck Virginia, just across the Potomac River we still have our resident male hummingbirds guarding feeders and such. There are also several dozen adult females/juveniles who are coming to our seven feeders strategically placed and spaced. 
>Kathy et al,
>I would like to know this answer too. I understood from Bill Hilton that the males were just about to head south in migration. The adult females/juveniles following after. 
>Thanks! Fawn Palmer
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kathy Isaacs <>
>>Sent: Aug 22, 2006 6:21 PM
>>To: 
>>Subject: [MDOSPREY] humming bird dance
>>
>>Do hummingbirds mate at this time of the year? 
>>At our feeder this afternoon we had a pair dancing - not your usual 
>>aggressive "get out of my yard" but a beautifully choreographed pas de 
>>deux. We saw no actual mating behavior but they flew within inches of 
>>each other and rose together. They were later joined by a second female 
>>and the dance continued.
>>These are the same birds who regularly come to tell us if the feeder is 
>>empty - staring in the window or buzzing a person sitting on a patio 
>>chair.  It's hard not to think this is purposeful.
>>
>>Kathy Isaacs