Re: [mou-net] Hummer #s

2024-07-19 Thread Nancy Steinhauser
Oh dear. Mine disappeared in June, before the hot heat. I clean and change food every 2-3 days. In past years, all 4 feeders would be empty when I got home from work. Now the sugar water is hardly going down, due to lack of birds. How many did you usually get in the spring and did they all stick

Re: [mou-net] Hummer #s

2024-07-19 Thread Kathryn Rudd
STS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] Hummer #s I have become addicted to feeding large numbers of hummers & poof, they just disappeared with the 90 degree temps last week. I was afraid I poisoned them somehow even tho they clean out the feeders quickly & I wash/rinse every time they are filled.

[mou-net] Hummer #s

2024-07-19 Thread M. L. Munn
I have become addicted to feeding large numbers of hummers & poof, they just disappeared with the 90 degree temps last week. I was afraid I poisoned them somehow even tho they clean out the feeders quickly & I wash/rinse every time they are filled. I wondered if with the heat the mix should be more

[mou-net] hummer display

2013-06-15 Thread Beau Shroyer
Forgot to mention in my previous post that there were a few columbine plants behind our tent. One evening as my wife was standing near the tent a hummer did it's eliptical display mere feet from her head. She stood in awe as it made a dozen or so revolutions right in front of her face. Good t

Re: [mou-net] Hummer in Hudson - Rufous or....??

2012-10-31 Thread Cathy Gagliardi
What an amazing response for the cameras to go out there...thank you so much to those who've emailed today. The homeowner has asked that no more requests be made to come to her home. If you've already gotten an email from her with an OK to come out today good luck. Thanks again everyone!

[mou-net] Hummer in Hudson - Rufous or....??

2012-10-30 Thread Cathy Gagliardi
There is a Hummingbird still coming to nectar feeders at a friends home in Hudson, first seen around Oct. 8th. The homeowner got a photo of the bird on 10/25 and after sending it to Ryan Brady, he determined it to be a possible Rufous. The homeowner, myself and 2 others have tried to get a good q

Re: [mou-net] Fw: [mou-net] hummer trapped in barn-day 2-advice?

2012-06-26 Thread Danielle McLaughlin
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[mou-net] Fw: [mou-net] hummer trapped in barn-day 2-advice?

2012-06-26 Thread Sid Stivland
-- From: Danielle McLaughlin Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 11:27 AM To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU Subject: [mou-net] hummer trapped in barn-day 2-advice? Hello All- A hummingbird is trapped in my barn and is still very distressed today. She is fixated on the peak running the whole length of the barn,

[mou-net] hummer trapped in barn-day 2-advice?

2012-06-26 Thread Danielle McLaughlin
Hello All- A hummingbird is trapped in my barn and is still very distressed today. She is fixated on the peak running the whole length of the barn, as it's a skylight and she seems to be trying to find a way out through it instead of through the large door at both ends. I had put a feeder up in t

[mou-net] Hummer

2010-05-16 Thread john c. nelson
FOY female Ruby-throated Hummingbird was at a feeder this morning as we had breakfast. John Nelson Good Thunder MN Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html