[wisb] Re: RT Hummer continues.: South Milwaukee

From: Betsyacorn@xxxxxxx
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:27:59 -0400 (EDT)
She appears to be a very shy Ruby throated Hummingbird, and she did remain  
for the day.  She has no interest in the three sugar feeders I put out, but 
 takes a fancy to the various still-flowering plants including tomatoes out 
 front.  She was briefly pursued by a neighbor's cat who was given a nice  
hosing in response.  She is quite plump, and I do wonder about that as it  
relates to her health.  Anyone have any thoughts about that?  Betsy  Abert, 
So. Milwaukee
 
 
 
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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