As of yesterday morning we had a female coming to our feeder too. I think our breeders departed on 9/12 but beginning again on 9/23 we've had one daily, with the exception of today (could have just missed seeing it this AM). I suspect this latest bird is a migrant that has chosen to stop and refuel for awhile. It is a noticeably chunkier looking than the birds seen earlier this month. Don't know if it is fluffed up due to the temperatures or if it has added fat in preparation for migration.
David McCartt Tubbs Hill Rd. Richford --- On Thu, 9/27/12, Anne R. Hobbs <ar...@cornell.edu> wrote: From: Anne R. Hobbs <ar...@cornell.edu> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hummer in Mecklenberg To: "CAYUGABIRDS-L" <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 1:12 PM Just one more sighting to add to all the others. I’ve been hearing from a woman in Mecklenberg who still has a young male Ruby-throat coming regularly to her feeder and she’s got the photos to prove it. Anne -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --