[TN-Bird] Re: Hummingbirds
- From: chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 20:48:47 +0000
Hummer numbers should be peaking over the next couple of weeks, and then will
steadily decline through mid-October when the last few stragglers head south.
Keep a close eye out for a stray Rufous Hummingbird. We get a few reports each
year in August. Usually, they are the rather obvious adult males (and
typically only stay a day or two at most), but I suspect that there are a
decent number of more subtly colored females and immatures that are overlooked
among the masses of Ruby-throats. I often suspect that winter hummers that are
first detected in late October were often present much earlier, but not noticed
among the Ruby-throats.
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Chris Sloan
chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx
Nashville, TN
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Have our hummingbirds begun migration this early?
The numbers I am seeing at one time have decreased.
I'm seeing many more adult males - at least nine in one view this afternoon.
Fewer females and immature males.
Carol Fegarido
Chattanooga, TN
Hamilton county
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