[wisb] Re: Hummingbirds (Update)
- From: "msmith112 tds.net" <msmith112@xxxxxxx>
- To: net.notes@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:20:05 -0500
As of Tuesday September 22 we had one female hummingbird coming to our
feeder in the village of Linden, Iowa County, Wisconsin.
as an off topic aside, there was a newly emerged monarch butterfly drying
its wings (or trying to at any rate, in the drizzle) near the hummingbird
feeder and a big fat toad in the grass.
mary smith, (east side milwaukee and) village of linden, iowa county,
wisconsin
On 8/16/09, Meredith <net.notes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Have the hummingbirds started their migration already? I went from filling
> their favorite Perky Pet feeder 3-4 times a day to not even once the next
> day. I was afraid my syrup was bad or the feeder needed cleaning so I made
> a
> fresh batch and cleaned the feeder even though everything seemed fine. With
> that done I thought I'd be back in business but the next day even less
> syrup
> was used. The third day, the feeder was drained almost like a bunch passed
> through. Yesterday and today the feeder only went down a couple inches.
> Isn't this early for them to leave and where are all the young ones that
> would normally be drinking up a storm?
> Or if everyone else still has quite a few coming to drink, is it possible
> mine left for some other reason or possibly even died of some disease? The
> jewelweed is blooming in the woods but that's the only new flower in the
> last week or so.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Meredith Daggett
>
> Mineral Point, WI
>
>
>
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