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["Susan Lambert" <sclgeographer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

i went over to lowes this a.m. and got two more feeders.   within about 45
minutes hummers were feeding from them.  i've been watering my flower
gardens, so they have some flowers, but the rest of my farm is pretty
desiccated. 
 
gotta love helping these little critters.
 
susan
anderson county ky
lat 38 05 54 n  long 085 01 29 w
elevation 830


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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Paul Hager
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:37 PM
To: lmuvich@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Tim.Houghton@xxxxxxx; SCLGEOGRAPHER@xxxxxxx; dctichenor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Re: Hummingbirds


I have had 4 hummingbirds competing for two feeders about 100' apart. I
moved one from the backyard to the front -- hoping that they don't all go to
the front. 

Paul Hager
Berea
Madison Co.

On Aug 29, 2007, at 12:02 PM, Lisa Muvich wrote:


I'm noticing the same thing. I've got at least 5 that constantly compete for
the feeder. There may be more but they're moving so darn fast it's hard to
keep track of which ones I counted. I stood motionless on my deck last night
and got to stand in the middle of the fray getting some really close looks
at these amazing creatures as they whizzed by me.
For the first time, I actually have two birds drinking from a feeder at the
same time. That has never happened at my feeders. I've only seen pictures of
such occurrences.
Lisa (Boone County, Northern Kentucky)

"Houghton, Tim" <Tim.Houghton@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I missed the earlier part of this conversation, so I don't know the context.
Nevertheless, I thought I'd mention that I've had wonderful hummer activity
in my backyard. I've had up to 10 hummers--had to add a couple of feeders
b/c of my own anxiety watching them compete. It's an all-day, non-stop show.
Sometimes I'll see 2-3 engage in lovely, balletic, slow-motion mirror dances
with each other in the vicinity of a feeder. I've never seen anything quite
like it. 

Tim
Richmond

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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of SCLGEOGRAPHER@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tue 8/28/2007 10:39 PM
To: dctichenor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Re: Hummingbirds



i am noticing the same thing with hummers at my feeders. until i read this
email i was assuming they were migrating through....although we haven't had
this many migrants in previous years. 
i'm just making sure i've got lots of sugar water in the feeders and they
stay clean and full.
susan
anderson county
lat 38 05 54 n long 085 01 29 w
elevation 830






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