I should be seeing my last Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird of the season any day now, but I am 
still seeing multiple birds each day. Yesterday I 
saw 5 at one time. Today is cold and rainy but I 
still have at least 3 birds hanging around.

Bruce Peterjohn banded hummingbirds at my house 
this summer for the 4th year. He bands on Saturday 
mornings since he has job obligations during the 
week. This year he banded 232 new birds and 
recaptured 54 birds from past years. If he has not 
been away on 2 prime weekends, we could possibly 
have hit the 300 mark!

I'll soon be looking for stray western hummers.

Yesterday and today, I had a brown Purple Finch at 
my feeder for an interesting juxtaposition of 
winter and summer birds.

Les

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Les Eastman
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Havre de Grace, MD

The eagle looked down on the river below
And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell 
like a stone
And the big salmon fought but the talons held true
And he shuddered as the world turned from silver 
to blue
                               Steve Earle