[birdky] Female ruby throat at LBL Nature Station

  • From: John Pollpeter <jmpollpeter@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:55:08 +0000

Saw our 2nd rubythroat, except this was a very exhausted female. We gave her 
some sugar water, which helped "spruce" her up.  Pretty early to see females, 
since they usually come after two weeks of the males showing up. The first male 
HB was yesterday.
JP

John M. Pollpeter
Lead Naturalist
Woodlands Nature Station
Friends of Land Between the Lakes

Office: 270-924-2294

"The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts." - Aldo 
Leopold

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