[va-bird] Fwd: Re: [HUMNET-L] Winter Hummingbirds

Hello VAbirders,

This from another hummingbird bander......


>Date:         Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:18:35 -0400
>Reply-To: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the 
>Southeast               <HUMNET-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sender: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the 
>Southeast               <HUMNET-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: Allen Chartier <amazilia1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] [va-bird] Winter Hummingbirds
>To: HUMNET-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Lori,
>
>Just a couple of facts, without opinion.
>
>1.  An adult male Rufous Hummingbird spent from October 26 - December 31,
>2001 in a suburb northwest of Detroit, Michigan, enduring 10 straight days
>with high temperatures below 20 (F) and nighttime lows around 10 (F). [our
>winters surely compare with New England]
>
>2.  This same Rufous Hummingbird was healthy when last seen on December 
>31,and moved at a time when most of the wintering Rufous Hummingbirds in 
>The Gulf were also on the move.
>
>And, a question...
>
>If a Cape May Warbler were to turn up at a suet feeder in Boston in late
>November, would there be a call for the homeowner to take the suet feeder
>down?
>
>I'm sure others will have more to add.
>
>Allen Chartier
>amazilia1@xxxxxxxxxxx
>1442 West River Park Drive
>Inkster, MI  48141
>Website: http://www.amazilia.net
>Michigan HummerNet: http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet/index.htm

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