[TN-Bird] Hummingbird Day 3

From: "Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "TN-Bird Post" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 07:09:06 -0600
WillieBoy is a "fussy" visitor.  He came to the feeder this morning at 6:18 but 
just for a flyby sip.  He returned six times in the next ten minutes but never 
sat down, just stabbing a few drinks and darting away. The presence of other 
birds spooks him.  We've had a peanut butter log on the deck railing about six 
feet from the sugar water feeder for a couple of years and the wrens, downys, 
titmice, and chickadees visit often.  We moved it to another area of the deck 
yesterday but a few of them are still coming to the old spot before finding it 
and WillieBoy likes to dine alone.  He also doesn't like the heat lamp even 
though it is necessary on these bitter cold mornings.  When the peanut butter 
seekers left and I turned off the heat lamp, he came at 6:28 and sat and ate 
for a long time.  Children are hard to please sometimes.  Maybe he'll get more 
accustomed to things if he stays a while.  
I've been cautioned about calling this bird a male Rufous until we have 
absolute confirmation by a bander, although one bander looked at the pictures I 
took and said he was almost positive it is a Rufous.  Hopefully someone will be 
able to come this week and we'll know for sure.  

Tommy and Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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