[tn-bird] Re: hummingbird migration, Nashville, TN

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




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