[tn-bird] Re: hummingbird migration, Nashville, TN

  • From: jreese5@xxxxxxx
  • To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:20:22 -0500


I have huge numbers of hummers right now...must refill my five feeders
daily and three of them are 32 oz and two are 48 oz size. I usually have
several hummers through the summer and then a large increase in late
summer. I had always supposed it was because of the babies maturing enough
to come to the feeders, and maybe that is some of it, but may not be the
whole story behind the huge population explosion. My other theories include
early migrants, other neighbors losing their motivation to keep feeders
filled during the dog days, and a dearth of blooming material during late
summer. Anyone else have thoughts?  I am going through five pounds of sugar
every three or four days...

Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist -Western District
University of Tennessee Extension Service
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson TN 38301
901 425 4721 email  jcreese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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