[TN-Bird] Re: tn-bird Digest V8 #189

Ginger Williams
West Knoxville
Knox County

I too had hummers early then observed done until three weeks ago, but only a 
few.  They are still very scarce.  I saw more when I was in Ohio visiting my 
daughter in June.

 On Sun 07/12/09  1:07 AM , FreeLists Mailing List Ma nager 
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> TN-Bird Net Digest Messages------------------------------------
> tn-bird Digest        Sat, 11 Jul 2009        Volume: 08  Issue: 189
> 
> In This Issue:
> [TN-Bird] Hummingbirds
> [TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds
> 
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> 
> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:37:48 -0400
> From: John Mellon jmellon
> @earthlink.net>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. Mellon
> East Tennessee Digital forensics (www.et-digital.com)
> President - International Society of Forensic Computer Examiners 
> (www.isfce.com)Lifetime Member - IACIS
> 
> 
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> 
> From: "Tommy Curtis" tcbird
> watch@xxxxxxxxxx>Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds
> Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:50:04 -0500
> 
> 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
> @earthlink.net>To: "bristol-birds" b
> ristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; tn-bird
> @freelists.org>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. Mellon
> > East Tennessee Digital forensics (www.et-digital.com)
> > President - International Society of Forensic
> Computer Examiners > (www.isfce.com)> Lifetime Member - IACIS
> >
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