Here in our yard in Baytown the numbers have been the lowest by a long ways
than we have ever seen here living here for 14 years. Most days there are
no more than 20 or so out there. We had one day probably 8-10 days ago we
had 40-50 and usually we have 150-200 at this time. Can;t help but wonder if
the same East winds that blew a lot of birds this way
David Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
TOS Member
Texas Master Naturalist
FeatherFest 2016 Birding Program Leader
dhanson139@xxxxxxx
did not move the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds farther West.
In a message dated 9/23/2015 3:48:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Hi all -
I was working in my Corpus Christi yard most of the morning, and there
were a few hummers present. I currently have 12 feeders out. I came in for
lunch at about noon, and a few minutes later while I was eating I looked
out and there were a few dozen hummingbirds swirling around the back yard!
Talk about turning on the faucet - some mechanism brought them in!
As I write this at 3:45, the numbers are lower, but still more than this
morning.
Clay Taylor
TOS Life Member
Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Behalf Of Kelly Bryan
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2015 4:26 PM
To: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: rreed1049@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mtwoman55@xxxxxxxxxxx; Texbirds
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: Concerning Hummingbird migration
No slow down in most of west Texas. At the McIvor Center on the DMP today
there were approximately 100 hummingbirds present. In a little over two
hours we managed to catch 61 birds of 8 species including the following:
Lucifer - 2
Ruby-throated - 4
Black-chinned - 26
Anna's - 2 (1 adult female and a recapture of a HY M originally banded Sept
2)
Broad-tailed - 10
Rufous - 15
Allen's - 1 (adult female)
Calliope - 1
Yesterday at three locations in the Terlingua area we caught the following:
Lucifer - 21
Ruby-throated - 8
Black-chinned - 4
Rufous - 1
Tomorrow we will see what another Davis Mts. location has to offer. KBB
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I have noticed that in Cedar Park (near Austin) there is a good
movement of HY Ruby-throats along with a very few adult males and
females....This is normally Black-chinned country, but not have seen
one of those I could ID at this house for almost a month.
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Ralph Reed <rreed1049@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We are cutting back on our feeders here at the Chihhahuan Desert> couple of weeks. We had a great year with 7 species over several
Nature Center as we have noticed a drop off of Hummers in the past
months. Looking forward to their return.> Mt Woman <mtwoman55@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ralph Reed
CDRI
Fort Davis
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID On Sep 23, 2015 7:49 AM,
> > We haven't had a Hummer at the feeder for 2 weeks now (S Parker
County).
> >
We have Black-chinned Hummers here.
Is it early for them to leave?
I haven't seen any Texbirds posts of sightings of them re: migration.
Thought I'd ask. Anyone else notice them gone?
Tzila "Z" Duenzl
S Parker County,
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