[wisb] Re: hummingbird
- From: "Cathy Gagliardi" <patcatgags@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jenthreat@xxxxxxxxx>, <cgiamati@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:15:49 -0500
And with the drought (this year especially), experts have asked to please keep
your feeders out to help these little gems survive their southern journey. Our
feeders don't stop them from continuing on...our feeders give them energy to
continue on.
They know when their bodies are bulked up enough for the long flight.
Cathy Gagliardi
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From: Jennifer Ambrose
To: cgiamati@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:02 PM
Subject: [wisb] Re: hummingbird
I don't understand Claudia's comment regarding leaving feeders up after
Labor Day. It is officially summer until this weekend. Hummingbirds have
been present in our area (SE WI) for the past few weeks. If people still
have their feeders up, for most of them, it's certainly to feed them and
enjoy their presence while they are still around.
Jennifer A
MKE Cty
On Sep 19, 2012 12:56 PM, "claudia giamati" <cgiamati@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I moved here from Flagstaff Arizona. In the summer we (neighbors, with
> feeders) did not use the store bought red-dye sugar mixture, because one of
> us had read that this was not healthy for our summer residents. We made our
> own sugar water, being careful to boil the water and replenish the food,
> weekly cleaning feeders, if not more often. The highest count, I remember
> was 30 each, for my across the street neighbor and I and 25 for the gal
> down the road. These were daily visitors. We tried to be honest and take
> our feeders down on Labor day, in order not to interfere with their timely
> migration. This practice seemed respectful to the cheerful little visitors,
> and they came back every year. I am appalled that some folks leave their
> feeders up long after labor day, hoping to attract some misplaced vagrant
> green breasted mango for whatever purpose. If it's so important to add a
> bird to your list that you wouldn't care if it survived, why not spend the
> money and travel to South America in the winter?
> done ranting,
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> Claudia Giamati
> Chippewa Falls(mailing address)
> Chippewa County
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> "A knowledge of the path cannot be substituted for putting one foot in
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> -- M. C. Richards
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> From: "betsyacorn@xxxxxxx" <betsyacorn@xxxxxxx>
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:06 AM
> Subject: [wisb] hummingbird with tongue issue
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> I've spent the last half hour walking the yard in search of a hummer in
> obvious trouble. I'd watched an individual fiercely guarding a feeder and
> salvia here - no surprise in that - but, after ten minutes realized it
> wasn't itself eating. It attempted to on one occasion, but failed. Once I
> got my scope on it, I could see that the tongue protruded from the beak,
> and appeared frozen or paralyzed. In checking online, a couple sources
> revealed that a fungal issue, often developed from poorly managed feeders,
> could be at the root of an infection causing this condition. By the time I
> returned to the scope, the bird had departed. I'd had in my mind to try to
> capture it, even as the online articles suggested that if the bird was in
> such poor condition as to be caught, that it was likely too late. Any
> other thoughts on this would be welcome.
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> By the way, the bird had a distinctive white shoulder patch not seen
> elsewhere on Ruby-throats here, so may have been a new guest.
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> Bummed in South Milwaukee, Betsy Abert
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