Given the fact that hummers seem so territorial and drive other hummers = away from the feeders, how can you sustain 90 to 120 birds? We feed too, = but I sense that each feeder sustains only a couple of birds because = they defend these feeders so intensely. -----Original Message----- From: SSWEEN6400@xxxxxxx [mailto:SSWEEN6400@xxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:16 PM To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [birdky] Boyd county hummers In about 20 years of R/T Hummingbird feeding (6 feeders) this is our = "BIG"=20 year also. Around the middle of August they were eating more than 30 = ozs of=20 nectar per day! Bob Sargent opined that we must have had between 90 and = 120=20 birds during this peak period. The last bird seen at the feeders was on = the=20 13th. The latest date ever for us here in NE Ky. Steve Sweeney =20 Boyd Co. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DNOTES TO = SUBSCRIBERS=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign=20 your messages with first & last name, city, &=20 state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------=20 To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * =20 Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *=20 BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx