[mou] RE: hummer feeders
Donald Mitchell
dmitchell@pressenter.com
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:28:05 -0500
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Keep the feeders up as long as you want to take care of them. Healthy
migrating hummingbirds will not be held back by full feeders. Although
hummer activity is slowing down a bit, the last migrants won't be out of
here for a month or so. By leaving feeders up, you may be helping a =
late
fledgling or vagrant western hummer, which often show up about this time =
of
year.
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At my place, activity has slowed down to about a half a gallon of sugar
water daily, down from a high of over a gallon/day a couple of weeks =
ago.
Last weekend, I banded 52 hummingbirds in my backyard in one fast-paced
morning of banding, which was just a small percentage of the birds =
here--I
ran out of time long before I ran out of birds to band. Adult males are
just about out of here; I saw one yesterday but haven't seen any today =
so
far. I'm keeping my eyes and ears open for something other than
Ruby-throated, but nothing yet.
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Donald Mitchell
Red Wing MN 55066
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Subject: hummer feeders
From: Dilray3 AT aol.com
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 16:30:15 EDT
A friend asked me when she should take down her hummingbird feeder - she =
heard right after labor day. Is this the correct time or can one leave =
the
feeder up longer? Thanks K.young MPLS
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><a name=3D1157402167><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Keep the feeders up as long =
as you
want to take care of them. Healthy migrating hummingbirds will not =
be
held back by full feeders. Although hummer activity is slowing =
down a
bit, the last migrants won’t be out of here for a month or =
so. By
leaving feeders up, you may be helping a late fledgling or vagrant =
western
hummer, which often show up about this time of =
year.</span></font></a></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>At my place, activity has slowed down to about a half =
a
gallon of sugar water daily, down from a high of over a gallon/day a =
couple of
weeks ago. Last weekend, I banded 52 hummingbirds in my backyard =
in one
fast-paced morning of banding, which was just a small percentage of the =
birds
here--I ran out of time long before I ran out of birds to band. =
Adult
males are just about out of here; I saw one yesterday but haven’t =
seen
any today so far. I’m keeping my eyes and ears open for =
something
other than Ruby-throated, but nothing yet.</span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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From: Dilray3 AT aol.com<br>
Date: </span></font><font color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'>Mon, =
4 Sep 2006</span></font><font
color=3Dblack><span style=3D'color:black'> </span></font><font
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EDT</span></font></p>
<pre><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'>A friend asked me when she should take down her hummingbird =
feeder - she </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>heard right after labor =
day. Is this the correct time or can one leave the =
</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>feeder up longer? =
Thanks K.young MPLS</span></font></pre>
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