[wisb] Re: question about nesting and fledging times
- From: "Bettie R. Harriman" <bettie@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx,wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 10:20:33 -0500
Wisconsin Atlas data show Ruby-throated Hummingbird nests with young
were found as late as late August. They do double-brood over most of
the range.
Bettie Harriman
Oshkosh
At 10:08 AM 8/20/2013, Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx wrote:
>I viewed with surprise a recent entry on the Wisconsin birding Facebook
>page regarding a soon-to-fledge ruby thr. hummingbird still on nest (this
>week) in Oregon, WI. I guess I was surprised at how late (it
>seems) that this
>little guy was getting a start on life, and wondered if this had been a
>second round for the adults. Is it common to see two nestings of hummers
>here? Does it suggest that a first nest failed? And, does this mean the
>little guy will have the wherewithal to make it south this Fall?
>
>In a related topic, while visiting Isle Royale on Aug. 2nd, I observed a
>tiny baby loon atop its parent's back in Tobin Harbor. Though I understand
>that the ice didn't go out until quite late this Spring, seeing this
>youngster surprised me given the late date, and had me wondering if
>this baby
>will be strong enough to both collect its own food, and make it out before
>winter on its own power. We stopped on the return at a small lake
>in Florence
>Co., where the hatch year loon was already diving and feeding on its own.
>
>Hummers here include two hatch year kids and a female adult. Also had a
>visiting adult male yesterday who's gone today. The male who hung out here
>this spring was gone by mid-July.
>
>Betsy Abert, So. Milwaukee
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