A similar season here in Houston County.? Our first hummingbird arrived April 11th (a typical date here).? In a week we had half a dozen and then they all disappeared.? In a few weeks they returned and about ten are feeding now.? Rebecca Stevens White Oak Creek Embayment Houston County?? ? -----Original Message----- From: Tommy Curtis <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx> To: jmellon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bristol-birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, Jul 11, 2009 12:50 pm Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds John, Hummingbird migration has been strange in our part of Middle Tennessee this year. Our first hummer arrived on April 6 and soon there were a couple dozen. But suddenly in late April they just all disappeared and it was June 2 before the next wave arrived and stayed. We now have nearly 100 at ours and the neighbors feeders and the babies are increasing the number as they leave the nests. One birding friend from Woodbury emailed in early May in tears because she thought she had killed all her hummingbirds. After cleaning the feeders with a recommended solution of bleach and water just before they left on a three week trip in April, on their return they had none even though her daughter had maintained the feeders. She was so relieved to hear that for some reason the hummers had just disappeared in our area. I think this might help explain what happened with your neighbor. Maybe the hummers are not using your feeders because by the time they arrived there was so much natural food available. Some people in our area told us no hummingbirds ever came to their feeders this year in the first or second wave we had at our house. Just a strange situation maybe caused by the late spring. Our missing spring birds were warblers as they did not come through our yard as they have always done in the six years since we moved to this location. For a while there we thought Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" had happened in Smithville. Tommy & Virginia Curtis Smithville, TN DeKalb County ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Mellon" <jmellon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:37 AM Subject: [TN-Bird] Hummingbirds > Hi all, > > I live in Chuckey (Greene County) TN. I have observed very few > hummingbirds near my feeders this year. I normally have 15 to 20 > hummingbirds fighting over my feeders. This year I see an occasional > hummingbird checking my feeders, but not feeding. I have replaced some > feeders and put fresh food in every few days. Nothing seems to work. A > neighbor has not seen any hummingbirds this year also. Is anyone else > having the same problem. > > Thanks, > > John Mellon > Chuckey (Greene County) TN > > -- > John J. 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