Hi all, Last weekend I was gardening and noticed our Ribes aureum flowers were just opening in our garden. These are usually our indicator plants. On Monday I was pretty sure I heard a BT hummer but never saw it so went ahead and put out our feeders. Today Joel says that there were at least 2 males hanging out in a large shrub next to our deck, but he did not see them go to the feeders all day - just kind of hung out in the shrub (Cercocarpus ledifolius about 15' tall) Well - while I was writing this we just had one come to a feeder at 7 pm, temp 31 F! Our previous FOY dates: 2000: 4/21 2001: 4/26 20002: 4/16 2003: 4/22 2004: 4/17 2005: 4/15 2006: 4/14 2007: 4/16 2008:4/16 2009: 4/24 2010: 4/23 2011: 4/30 2012: 4/23 2013: 4/24 2014: 4/17
So obviously this is the earliest first-of-year sighing for us in the 16 years we've been recording. We live in a rural neighborhood of 50 homes in the foothills west of Fort Collins, and it's fun to share observations with people close by who are also paying attention. -- Pat Hayward Masonville CO at 5400' west of Fort Collins -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAWUuqdp4Ou7OF1wGBaPob2jihN-3h%3DV5tqf-xL6UfF3%2B60TVg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
