On the far EastsIde of St Paul, no flowers or feeders, but at McKnight Rd and Minnehaha Ave I witnessed a Hummer working a pine tree from the bottom to the very top searching each branchfor bugs before it was chased away by a LBB.
Matthew R JohnsonSt Paul On Monday, July 13, 2020, 1:38:47 PM CDT, marshall or janet howe/mcmillen <howe.mcmil...@gmail.com> wrote: Laura Erickson is right about the protein needs of the young. It's pretty normal during June for feeder attendance to drop way off for a few weeks, as parents are collecting insects for their young and eating insects themselves. This goes for seed-eaters as well as nectar-feeders. Action should be picking up soon. Marshall Howe On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:21 PM Kathryn Rudd <katda...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the info! I was afraid the terrible storms that have hit our > area may have destroyed them or blown them miles away. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 13, 2020, at 1:18 PM, Lynn Cornell <lynncorn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We have had many in our yard in Rochester, including yesterday. Both at > > feeders and at flowers. > > Lynn Cornell > > > >> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 1:16 PM <m.kout...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> > >> I live in south Eagan and have seen a hummingbird here and there. But > >> fewer > >> than I am used to. But my wife, who is the gardener in our house, says > she > >> has been seeing hummers occasionally amongst our plantings. > >> > >> Mike Koutnik > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Minnesota Birds <MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU> On Behalf Of > >> jbaum...@usfamily.net > >> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 1:20 PM > >> To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > >> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Where are the Rubythroats? > >> > >> We don't get a lot of hummingbird activity in my neighborhood (West > >> Como) but I > >> did see one out my kitchen window just this morning . . . .first one > since > >> late spring. A neighbor reported a sighting in his yard last week. > >> > >> Quoting Kathryn Rudd <katda...@hotmail.com>: > >> > >>> Could anyone tell me why we in the Eagan area have not seen any > >>> Rubythroated Hummingbirds for weeks?? Several of my neighbors and I > >>> have been putting out our fresh clean nectar feeders and have hanging > >>> planters of flowers they love. We also have gardens full of flowers > >>> that attract them. None of us have seen any sign of the hummers for > >>> weeks. What has happened to them? > >>> Thank you for any info, > >>> Kathryn Rudd > >>> Eagan > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPad > >>> ---- > >>> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >>> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >>> > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > >>> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >>> > >> > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > >> ---- > >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.