A friend in Brooktondale just let me know that she just saw her first
hummer of the year.
Annette Nadeau
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Geo’s post on bats spurred me to tell my own bat story.
Saturday birding my patch on Burns Rd. around 11:30 am I saw a brown bat
hunting under the power line cut.
I’ve never seen bats out in the bright sunlight. I watched this bat for about
10 minutes, before moving on, and even got a digiscope
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird visited my feeder earlier this evening, and just
now the big brown bats have emerged from my roof.
-Geo
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hey've had no rain water to sip
... or for "showers". Hummers & even tree swallows seem to appreciate the fine
mist blowing on them if I'm watering flowers. Fritzie, Union Springs
From: Barbara Bauer Sadovnic
To: Geo Kloppel
Sent: Sat, Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
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At our house downy woodpeckers are drinking the water from the “ant moat” that
the hummingbird feeder hangs from.
> On Jul 30, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
>
> If squirrels don’t have easy access to your roof, you might try what has
> worked well at my house for many years: the hummi
If squirrels don’t have easy access to your roof, you might try what has worked
well at my house for many years: the hummingbird feeders are suspended from the
eaves troughs on long hangers of the type used for flower baskets.
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Also I’m thinking further about this and realizing that the sources of fruit
that squirrels and chipmunks relish in our yard including cornus kousa fruits
and other berries are very dried up so they’re all possibly missing natural
sugars.
Linda Orkin
> On Jul 30, 2022, at 10:51 AM, Linda Ork
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I just want to remind all that we are in very dry conditions and all sources of
li
I just want to remind all that we are in very dry conditions and all sources of
liquid will be more essential for each creature. Their motivation to learn must
be very elevated.
All guests are considered to be co habitants on the land we share and all are
welcome here. But we do have an effect
The little teardrop feeder from Agway works. I mix four tbl. hot water and one
tbl. sugar every three days. No squirrels or ants feed there, just
hummingbirds. I have chipmunks but not ted squirrels.
Catharine
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> On Jul 30, 2022, at 7:46 AM, Barbara B. Eden wrote:
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>
Madonna,
At my house the red tail squirrels and the chipmunks are devouring the sweet
liquid from the feeders. They have even figured out how to tip the base so it
pours into their mouths! Fortunately, I have many flowering plants on my patio
in pots that the hummingbirds are enjoying the ne
Has anyone on this list witnessed chipmunks drinking from their hummingbird
feeders? 🤯
Madonna Stallmann
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A friend who lives about a mile from me just let me know that she has a
hummer coming to her Oriole feeder!
Annette
Trumansburg
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It has been about a week since the last visitor and 2 or sometimes 3 were
frequent in early September but one lone female or immature visited the basil
blossoms and petunias this am before 8.
Anne
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Hi all,
My first Hummingbird of the year showed up this morning here in Dryden.
Kevin
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An FOY hummingbird carefully (urgently?) foraging along my gooseberry bushes an
hour ago so the FOY feeders are now out. Not sure if male or female. Distant
and watched without binocs.
Unexpected white-crowned sparrow under the feeders.
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We have had regular visitors, but no adult males. They come to the Rose of
Sharon, Cardinal Flower and Zinnias.
Regi
West Hill in the city.
Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living. Mother Jones
> On Sep 15, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Nancy Cusumano wrote:
>
> I thought all my hummer
I thought all my hummers were gone, but I saw one this morning, a plump
little female, sitting on the garden fence and sipping from the red bee
balm. My feeders are still up too!
Nancy Cusumano
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> To: Rustici, Marc
> Cc: Melanie Uhlir; W Larry Hymes; CAYUGABIRDS-L
> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird!!!
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> I have maintained a feeder all summer too with no results until yesterday
> when my husband saw one there briefly. We never seem to have any despite many
t;
> bounce-121683736-3493...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Whitings <
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> I have
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> I have maintained a feeder all summer too with no results until yesterday
> when my husband saw one there briefly. We never seem to have any d
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> I have maintained a
information incorrect?
>
> Thanks
> Marc
>
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>> Uhlir
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>> For a while the only evidence I had that hummingbirds were around was that
>> the nec
Marc
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We have a pair of Ruby-throats in residence this summer, same as always.
Haven't seen any youngsters yet, but we've got three hummzingers loaded in
anticipation!
-Geo
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For a while the only evidence I had that hummingbirds were around was that the
nectar level would drop in the feeders
For a while the only evidence I had that hummingbirds were around was
that the nectar level would drop in the feeders. However, woodpeckers
like to drink the nectar too. But since my monarda started blooming I've
been seeing them on a more regular basis and the past few days I've seen
two at a
We've had a regular pair all along this summer (if you want to call it
that).
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Linda Orkin wrote:
> I had one in my garden yesterday, visiting my monarda. Haven't seen one
> since late spring when I saw what I call a "wild one" in the woods at the
> end of Muriel
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As we were talking with our son Chris in our living room on Tuesday, he
I had one in my garden yesterday, visiting my monarda. Haven't seen one
since late spring when I saw what I call a "wild one" in the woods at the
end of Muriel Street. I give you huge kudos for maintaining your feeder
all this time with no apparent rewards!! Glad you got a brief reward.
Linda Or
As we were talking with our son Chris in our living room on Tuesday, he
exclaimed excitedly, "A hummingbird just came to your feeder!!" It
moved out of sight, but soon returned. We had not seen one at our
feeders since May 11
I've written about this phenomenon before. To paraphrase
Thanks Dave. Cool.
Pete
On 7/19/2017 10:56 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
> Remember that hummingbird nest I mentioned awhile back? I checked it
> yesterday afternoon, and the 2 nestlings looked like actual birds. They were
> well past the lizard stage with wrinkly round chameleon eyes and serrated
>
Remember that hummingbird nest I mentioned awhile back? I checked it yesterday
afternoon, and the 2 nestlings looked like actual birds. They were well past
the lizard stage with wrinkly round chameleon eyes and serrated iguana ridges
where pinfeathers were forming. They had grown real hummingbir
https://www.wired.com/2011/05/hummingbird-tongue-drinking/
I did not know the hummingbird tongue splits/operates like this! Did
you
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Interlaken
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FOY RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, male, at my
FOY RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, male, at my feeder now.
Besides 2 B. Orioles eating oranges impaled on small tree branches near deck,
2 G. Catbirds are eating grape jelly I had originally put out for the Orioles.
Second year I have seen that.
While helping up & down Lansing Station Rd for our ne
The level of "nectar" in my Hummingbird feeder has been going down and today I
saw a female Hummingbird feeding for a while.
Don't take down your feeder yet!
I continue to have 15-20 Blue Jays cleaning out my feeders.
I hear Common Loons on Cayuga Lake.
Had a Brown Creeper in my woods uphill yes
One of my female hummingbirds was sampling the grape jelly at the Oriole
feeder. She seemed to like it since she ate for several minutes. I haven't
seen a hummer eat jelly before.
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Guess what, i just came out of my back door and hummingbird bolted from the
moth sheet. she has found my moth sheet. There were some small tiny totricids,
which catbird cannot see are now gone.
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Both sexes are aggressive. It's pretty interesting, but if their squabbles
become tiresome, you can put up more feeders, located on opposite sides of the
house, or even farther apart if you've got room.
-Geo
On May 13, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Anne Clark wrote:
> Hile School Rd, just out of Basin:
Hile School Rd, just out of Basin:
THree ruby throated hummingbirds are at war over the feeder starting yesterday,
when a male showed up. Two female-plumaged birds had been "sharing' for a day,
even been drinking at the same time. The male is not welcome and one or both
females have displaced
I saw mu first hummingbird today on Bundy Rd.
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BALTIMORE ORIOLES seen on Lansing Station Rd. near #457, saw one eating
Cottonwood Tree buds and catkins, heard two others nearby.
A male RUBY THROATED HUMMINGBIRD just showed up at my feeder and took several
long drinks!
Donna Scott
535 Lansing Station Road
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I have a new bird coming to the jelly feeder. It's the RTH Hummingbird. While
I've seen it hovering around the feeder, I wasn't sure why. Today I saw it
lick the grape jelly! It's not a surprise since it's a sweet treat, but the
fact that it tried it surprised me. Did it get the idea from w
Hi Kathy,
Around our area, that's probably Hemaris thysbe. Here's a link to an article
with nice photos. Make sure to look at the caterpillars!
http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/hthysbe.htm
-Geo
On Aug 13, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Kathleen Kramer wrote:
> Although this posting isn't about a bird, i
Although this posting isn't about a bird, it's close! On Monday, my
husband and I noticed what we thought was a very large bee visiting the
pink petunias planted near our garage. Looking closer, we saw it wasn't
a bee, and now seemed to resemble a small hummingbird. We knew it was
neither, e
Last evening there was a Ruby-throated HUMMINGBIRD at one of my "hummer"
feeders here in Lansing, near the Asbury Church/Triphammer intersection.
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Hummingbird reported down "here" in Castle Creek yesterday, on Broome listserv
On May 1, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Laura Stenzler wrote:
> Hi all,
> On Sunday, Braam Bezuidenhout had a hummingbird coming to his feeders, as
> well as an Oriole. This is in the Ellis Highlands, east of Ithaca and off
>
Hi all,
On Sunday, Braam Bezuidenhout had a hummingbird coming to his feeders, as well
as an Oriole. This is in the Ellis Highlands, east of Ithaca and off Ellis
Hollow Rd.
I just learned of this, therefore the late posting.
Laura
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Thought this might help the discusssion. Nice photo article on hummingbirds
from a
friend's station in the Carolinas.
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek120826.html
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Hi all,
Suddenly, yesterday and today, there has been a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
at my feeder (there have been several females/immatures consistently). Yet it
has been nearly 2 weeks since I saw "my" male who was here all summer. Whether
the current one is actually "mine" (if so, where ha
A few minutes ago, a female hummingbird came to my feeder. I live at North
Woods apartments in Lansing.
Cathy
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I saw my FOY hummingbird this morning at 6:15, at North Wood Apartment.
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I saw my first of year (male R-T) Hummingbird at the Bleeding heart
flowers this evening.
Wow. Get out the feeders!
Regi
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I saw my first of year (male R-T) Hummingbird at the Bleeding heart
flowers this evening.
Wow. Get out the feeders!
Regi
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I am very disappointed to report that the hummingbird never returned. I had so
hoped it would see one of the feeders and stay awhile. I guess there's no
point in putting the feeders out again tomorrow with the high winds and rain...
Carol Keeler
Auburn
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Nice to see Marie’s photographs of the hummingbird and flower. I’m always
jealous.
I had taken some photos in the bird feeding garden at the Lab a couple of weeks
ago illustrating the same thing. The best is at
http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/BasinBirds2010#5504584615438712834.
Loo
For those interested in keeping records of Ruby-throated Hummingbird
departure dates, I just noticed one at my feeder.
Marie
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I just saw a hummingbird fly by as I was sitting on my porch in
Eastern Heights. Isn't he a little late in leaving?
Ray
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