Still Here or Just Passing Through?
Temperatures have been delightfully cool the past few days. Makes me optimistic that cooler climes are coming. Mid-September is right about when my ruby-throated hummingbirds take off. And with the really cool nights we've been having, I figured they were all in parts south. But I had a hummer feeding on my deck this morning where the temperature could not have been more than 50 degrees. Don't know if it was one I was feeding all summer or was just a passer-by.
But I wouldn't be surprised if that was the last one I'll see in '07.
K-
But I wouldn't be surprised if that was the last one I'll see in '07.
K-
They're starting to swarm my feeders. Still squabbling so they're not quite ready to head south yet. They start sitting side by side 7-10 days before they leave here. They drain the feeders when they start doing that. We've been unseasonably cool the last few days. A welcome respite.
I suppose we've seen the last of the humming birds as well.
Cas
Rob, you've got to get a photo of them sitting side by side. Around here they always squabble. I think they spend more time chasing each other away from the feeder than feeding.
K-
Hopefully, there will be a better version of this before they leave CrabAppleLane this year: http://www.crabapplelane.net/roblog/archives/92604a.jpg
Wish I had gotten pictures of the swarms I had after Katrina. I had a 6-station feeder and an 8-feeder station feeder then. Every station was occupied on both feeders with two or three hovering and patiently at each one awaiting their turn. Was amazing. The only thing I enjoyed about the Katrina experience.