[mou] RE: [mnbird] Where are the hummingbirds?

[bluebill@surfbest.net]

>West nile virus? I have several June Berry bushes (service berry) in
my yard. Usually this time of year, the bushes are filled with
robins, eathing the berries and having a loud time. This year, there
are no robins. We've had a few waxwings stop by. The cardinals and
house finches eat some. But most of the berries are just falling to
the ground. Silent summer caused by a foreign virus? Who knows for
sure.
Don Grussing
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: earlorf@uslink.net
>To: Byokel@aol.com, mnbird@lists.mnbird.net
>Subject: RE: [mnbird] Where are the hummingbirds?
>Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:30:10 -0500
>
>>We have been noticing the same thing.  For the last several days we
>have
>>seen only one male hummer and none have been coming to our feeders. 
>In
>>other years and about a week ago we have seen at least 6-8 hummers
>at our
>>feeders.  We are located in Itasca County, halfway between Grand
>Rapids and
>>Hibbing.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Earl Orf
>>
>> 
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net
>[mailto:mnbird-admin@lists.mnbird.net]
>>On Behalf Of Byokel@aol.com
>>Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:54 AM
>>To: mnbird@lists.mnbird.net
>>Cc: mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
>>Subject: [mnbird] Where are the hummingbirds?
>>
>> 
>>
>>Has anyone else noted a lack of hummingbirds at their feeders this
>summer?
>>We had good numbers at the start of the season, but we only have one
>or two
>>still visiting.  Normally in July we have 10-20 birds visiting our 7
>>feeders.  Has the unseasonably cold weather resulted in mortality,
>or has
>>there been widespread nest failure and early migration.  Are birders
>in
>>Southern MN noticing an unusually early influx of southbound
>migrants?
>>
>>Ben Yokel
>>Cotton, MN
>>
>>