[TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds
- From: "Thomas McNeil" <tsmcneil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN-Bird Net" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:19:7 -0400
24 July 2005
Carter County, TN
Pond Mountain
Rob Biller and I had an interesting hummingbird experience on Sunday, July
24th. We were riding across Pond Mountain (Carter County, TN - Hampton
area) and stopped at an area that I have always heard called the Miller
Fields. There was a lot of milkweed blooming and we were hoping to see a
few good butterflies. But instead, the area was "swarming" with
hummingbirds. There were easily over a dozen flying back-and-forth,
chasing each other, and being very noisy. All seemed to be females. They
were either nectaring or feeding on insects from the milkweed. It was like
watching an aerial combat among independent fighter jets. Very cool!
Thomas S. McNeil
Elizabethton, TN
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> [Original Message]
> From: Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Tallentad@xxxxxxx>
> Date: 7/25/2005 3:02:01 PM
> Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds
>
> Last night Tracey and I also saw a hummer in our yard for the first
> time this season. For some reason, they never seem to nest anywhere
> near our semi-rural home in south Blount County. But they come by in
> migration.
>
> As we were sitting on the sofa, we simultaneously noticed a female or
> young bird fly by to a begonia haning under our sunflower seed
> platform.
>
> Charlie
>
> --- Tallentad@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > I saw my first male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird of the summer this
> > morning. It
> > wasn't at my feeder, but was sitting at the bird fountain and
> > sipping water
> > from the top portion where the water first comes out.
> >
> > Actually, this hummer wasn't my first of the summer, but was the
> > first for
> > my backyard. I saw my first of the season from the balcony of
> > Pisgah Inn, N.C.
> > It was sipping from a variety of wildflowers.
> >
> > With these high temperatures and high humidity, I hope everyone
> > remembers to
> > clean and change the sugar water at least every three days. It can
> > go bad
> > quickly with this kind of heat.
> >
> > Ann Tallent
> > Blount County
> > Maryville, TN
> >
>
>
> *******************************************************************
> Charlie Muise, Naturalist in
> Great Smoky Mountains National Park
>
> "To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illuminated mind
> the whole world sparkles with light." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
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Thomas S. McNeil
Elizabethton, TN
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