[wisb] Hummer this a.m.: South Milwaukee

From: Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:57:57 -0400 (EDT)
Didn't get long enough looks to confirm ID of this brief visitor as it now  
appears to have left.  A probable Ruby throated, it was refueling at 7:30  
on a large annual salvia near my front stoop, and spent some time around a  
native aster before I could get my bins on it.  I chose last night to  
remove the feeders to clean, and saw the bird as I was rinsing them in  
preparation to refill this morning. With the dog taking cover, I must've left  
skid 
marks on the floor as I sped to put them outside again.  
 
The last two of the three late summer resident hummers left on  Oct. 4th; I 
knew it wasn't one of them as it showed little interest in the  feeders 
which I had quickly placed out near the salvia.  This salvia -  "Purple 
Majesty", I think - was a real magnet this year for both the hummers and  white 
lined sphinx moth.  At  5+ feet high and nearly as  wide, its size and prolific 
flowering is due to having been brought  inside to overwinter last Fall.  
It looked pretty dead in the basement in  March, but watering and some coffee 
grounds brought it back to life. I have  been trying to grow natives 
primarily, but do add cultivars and annuals that  might have their roots in the 
southern US and the  tropical Americas (Central and South).
 
Also, in the "Welcome to Winter Dept.", I had my first Am Tree Sparrows  
yesterday at South Metro.  Still lots of Palms and YRumps, and a relatively  
steady flow of Merlins along the upper bluff. 
 
Betsy Abert, South Milwaukee
 

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