[TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds

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
>
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