I have been meaning to post about the lack of hummers in my neck of the woods for some time. I've had two gorgeous blushes of blooms on my red honeysuckle, mimosas in full flower for a few weeks, plenty of other flowers, and a couple of feeders out and I have not see a one *all year* here on our family farm. I know from traveling about that there are birds around, but I have to think that last year's apparent lack of nesting success is resulting in unusually low numbers again this year. We can only hope that if that is what happened that the birds that are around will have plenty of nesting success this year to bolster numbers. Last fall we saw virtually nothing of a migratory peak during August and September in the Louisville area ... I'm just hoping for something of a bump in numbers this year to indicate that numbers are rebounding. According to Bob Sargent, all is well in central Alabama with plenty of birds so this has to be something going on in more northern areas. bpb, Louisville ________________________________ From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Michael Hamm Sent: Sun 7/4/2010 1:55 PM To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [birdky] where are the hummers? Haven't seen a single hummer this summer either at my syrup feeders or at our flowers (which are plentiful, including lots of flowering trumpet vine). Anyone else wondering if their numbers are down? Michael Hamm Danville ======TES TO SUBSCRIBERS===== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx