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Re: Hummers gone?
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu (CarolinaBirds)
- Subject: Re: Hummers gone?
- From: BILL HILTON JR The Piedmont Naturalist <hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:21:05 -0400
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TOMM . . .
I've been away from Hilton Pond this week so haven't been seeing any
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds hereabouts.
My most recent bird of 2003 was a juvenile female banded on 3 October
and she easily could be the last bird of the season. Since 1984 I've
only banded two birds after 10 October, one on 10/12/89, and the
all-time latest one on 10/18/86.
My last juvenile male RTHU this year was on 29 September, and there
hasn't been an adult male around here since 14 September--my latest
adult male ever by four days. The last adult female was on 27
September--later by six days than any other. Looks like adults didi
indeed run late this year.
I suspect most of the hummers in the Carolinas from now on--with
notable exceptions along the coast--will be those curious "winter
vagrants."
Best wishes,
BILL
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Saw a female RTHU @ Daniel Stowe Botanical Gdns this past Sunday, but that's
the only sighting I have made during the entire month of October, so far.
Haven't had a hummer at my Lake Norman feeders in 10 days - an early
departure compared with other years.
How 'bout you, Bill Hilton? Still have hummybird visitors in your SC
location? Any males still around?
Cheers! 7;^)
Tomm "je ne comprends pas" Lorenzin
Mooresville (Lake Norman), NC
SkyTomm(at)1000plus.com
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BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845
The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to
conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of
the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation,
scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please
visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at
http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation
RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").
"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset." BHjr.