I always Say to keep food in your Hummingbird feeders and out for a migrating hummer to refuel to at least the middle of October. The ones we had this summer have gone on but there are many who went further north and are now coming through. They need our help to build up for the long haul.
Naomi brewer Sheldrake/Wyers Point From: bounce-119729380-9392...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-119729380-9392...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jay McGowan Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2015 1:11 PM To: John Confer Cc: Marty Schlabach; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] hummers Hi all, As Marty suggested,any "hummer" this late in the season is worthy of scrutiny. Over the next few months, vagrant species, most often Rufous Hummingbird, are almost as likely as lingering Ruby-throated. Please keep that in mind if you have any hummingbird sightings from now on, and post to the list if you have anything suspicious! Immature and female Rufous are not as dramatically different from female Ruby-throated as you might expect, so take a good look at the tail pattern and color of the sides on any late-season birds. Jay On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:03 PM, John Confer <con...@ithaca.edu> wrote: I, too, had a hummer this morning, after a long time with no sighting. Oddly, it flew with very direct line from plants with flowers in the front lawn to flowers that were out of line of sight in the backyard making me wonder if it was the return of a summer resident. Don't know. Interesting. John Confer On 10/1/2015 8:27 AM, Marty Schlabach wrote: I just saw two hummingbirds at our feeder in Interlaken. We haven’t seen a hummer at our feeders since Sept 13. These both look like female or young male ruby throated hummingbirds to me, but then I’ve been wrong before! 3 years ago we had a rufous hummingbird visit us for several weeks. I’ve got some poor pictures, which I might post to Cayuga Bird Club facebook page. Perhaps the weather brought in a couple of late migrants. Marty =========================================== Marty Schlabach m...@cornell.edu 8407 Powell Rd. home 607-532-3467 Interlaken, NY 14847 cell 315-521-4315 =========================================== -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> The Mail Archive <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> Surfbirds <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> ! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> The Mail Archive <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> Surfbirds <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> ! -- -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> The Mail Archive <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> Surfbirds <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
