Nan,
I have been seeing your upgraded title and assumed it was based on a
hardware upgrade :-).
It looks like my "winter" hummer season is just beginning too with what
looks like a young male Rufous/Allen's (single photo seen) that might be
chaseable this week to fit him with some jewelry. Four adult males have
passed through the region with only one getting banded so far by an
associate in Indiana. Two Michigan male Rufous zipped through too quick to
mount an effort, and one in Ohio is perhaps patiently waiting for me, as I
patiently wait for all the flowers to wither as I suspect he is the same
adult male that refused to go into my trap last year (and is 5 hours away).
Bar-tailed Godwit and Variegated Flycatcher showed up in Michigan today, to
go along with our continuing Southern Lapwing and Limpkin. What a crazy
year! I'd rather see a Red-legged Honeycreeper though :-)
Allen T. Chartier
Inkster, Michigan
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 5:19 PM Nancy L Newfield <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Y'All,
Ellie Womack said: Glad you're back after hummers. Did you see any
honeycreepers? Like your new "handle".
Thanks! A few years back, after a difficult illness, the grandson dubbed
me 'Iron Nan', so now that I have a titanium femur, plus 'hardware', we
upped the ante. Yes, I saw 4 Red-legged Honeycreepers, 1 male in the blue
plumage and 3 female or 'eclipse' males. Firsts for Louisiana! I haven't
been out birding for months, so it was a treat just to see some really wild
birds.
So far, I've gotten a few reports of Rufous, Buff-bellied, Black-chinned,
and Calliope. I doubt that I am going to be able to put in the hours and
miles that I often do, but hummer banding is just too much fun to quit!
*Titanium Nan*
On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM Ellie Womack <womackele@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Glad you're back after hummers. Did you see any honeycreepers? Like
your new "handle".
Ellie Womack
Grove, OK
On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 1:39 PM Nancy L Newfield <nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I was not able to band over the spring or summer and the Ruby-throated
southward movement is really waning. Then, Friday, 2 immature male
Rufous-types put in appearances. Neither used feeders, so capturing them
did not seem possible.
I was out chasing Honeycreepers yesterday and I wondered if any of the
new hummers would be around today. Well, I saw a female Ruby-throated that
was literally dusted with pollen and knew that she was not a feeder bird.
Then, a Selasphorus zoomed in to take advantage of the feeder and I trapped
him pretty quickly.
So, now, I have kicked off the 2022-2023 winter banding season . . .
*Titanium Nan*
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Casa Colibrí
Metairie, Louisiana USA
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