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Re: Hummer

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"George M. Jett"

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George M. Jett

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Sat, 7 Oct 2006 13:48:32 -0400

Pat

I leave mine up until the new year.  If there are any Rufous Hummingbirds 
(RUHU) around, you could still get one until then.  There may have been one 
or two RUHU here in late summer, but most are fall migrants, and can show up 
around now to January.

If the weather gets warm change the feed.  Also, use three to one water to 
sugar instead of four to one which I use during the summer.  This gives any 
hummer more energy for migration.

Phil Davis could give you Rufous Hummingbird dates for our region, but 
please leave the feeder out until January.   If you get a late bird (Oct. - 
Dec.), please let us know.  It could be the state's first Black-chinned 
Hummingbird.  There was one in DC in late November 03.

George Jett

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patricia Valdata" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Hummer


> Speaking of hummers, I saw a hummingbird at our feeder on Wednesday 
> morning
> and also today. When is it safe to take a feeder down for the winter? I'm 
> happy to leave
> up our "rest stop" for these little travelers, but I need to take the 
> feeder down at some point.
>
> At 11:19 AM 10/7/2006, Jason Waanders wrote:
>>Haven't been to Ft. Bayard Park the last two mornings, but spent this 
>>morning watching the feeder, which is back up after its summer vacation. 
>>No unusual feeder birds, but a few feet away at the red honeysuckle I had 
>>a brief visit from a hummingbird.  I didn't get a great look, but it 
>>appeared green-backed and consistent with an immature or female 
>>RUBY-THROATED.  That seems by far the most likely thing anyway, though 
>>it's getting a little toward the late side. . . .
>
> --Pat
>
> Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
> "The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
> and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of 
> gods.
> More than any other thing that pertains to the body
> it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato
>