For those of you that may remember my posts from last year (or perhaps the write-up on this story in the CFO Journal last winter); we had a male broad-tailed hummingbird that I first noticed in May of 2012 sometime at our home here in Teller County.
I noticed that it was consistently (100% of the time) choosing to roost on a small twig of a douglas-fir, over my walkway, next to my hot tub. It continued to roost on the same twig at the same precise location every night until August 22 of last year, and I haven't seen it since. It would always come in after sundown, but before complete dark, and settle into his spot and slip into his torpor for a good night's sleep. We nicknamed him Kotter after the 70's sitcom - "Welcome Back Kotter". This year, against all hope, we have kept vigil since late April and been checking that little twig over our walkway most every night after sunset. You have guessed it; tonight we have a male broad-tailed hummingbird on that little twig in the same exact spot. Obviously, this is no guarantee that the two birds are the same individual; but it does seem possible, even probable. After a migration south last fall of perhaps several hundred miles, and again back north just now of the same distance; and the fact that the average life span (as reported on Wikipedia) is no longer than 3-5 years; we consider ourselves lucky to feasibly have the same individual back. I will again keep tabs on his comings and goings and maybe find out something new about hummingbird behavior again this year! Jeff J Jones ( <mailto:jjo...@jonestc.com> jjo...@jonestc.com) Teller County - 8500' - Montane Woodlands -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
