In a message dated 7/29/02 12:20:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jreese5@xxxxxxx writes: > I have huge numbers of hummers right now...must refill my five feeders > daily and three of them are 32 oz and two are 48 oz size. I usually have > several hummers through the summer and then a large increase in late > summer. I had always supposed it was because of the babies maturing enough > to come to the feeders, and maybe that is some of it, but may not be the > whole story behind the huge population explosion. My other theories include > early migrants, other neighbors losing their motivation to keep feeders > filled during the dog days, and a dearth of blooming material during late > summer. Anyone else have thoughts? I am going through five pounds of sugar > every three or four days... > > Carol Reese > Carol It sounds to me like there are two possible answers. #One is that you are experiencing a pretty normal summer migration of immature, as well as adult birds that have completed their nesting choirs. #Two is that you are making whiskey; buying all that sugar and pretending you are feeding it to the hummers. You clever lady. Bob Sargent Trussville, Alabama =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================