I had a Ruby-throated Hummingbird at my feeder from the beginning of October
through Monday the 23rd. Whether this was one bird or a series of migrants
getting breakfast to go, I don't know. I haven't seen a hummer since Monday,
but I've also been really busy and may have missed it. Typically I 
would see the bird(s)
just after sunup. On Monday, when the temperature was below 40, the hummer
was whirring its wings while it was perched, I assume to get or stay warm.
I hope it is far south of here by now.

On Wednesday, I saw a Titmouse perched on the red feeder cover (I 
have a humzinger),
and I wondered why, until yesterday when I saw a Chickadee fly onto 
the wire that
suspends the feeder from a branch. It hung on the wire and reached 
down for a drink
of water from the ant moat.

At 07:24 AM 10/27/2006, Bill Hubick wrote:
>Hi Everyone, Keep those hummingbird feeders out!  ...

--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