[TN-Bird] Hummingbird Exodus

From: eyesew@xxxxxxxxx (Virginia Curtis)
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:33:11 -0500
Did anyone have the same experience we had with Ruby-throated
Hummingbirds yesterday?  On Saturday the numbers increased dramatically
as we could count about 60 birds around at one time; given the formula
experts use of 5 times what can be seen at one moment, there must have
been at least 300.  About 2 weeks ago when we were sure all the babies
were able to migrate, we took down 3 of our 6 feeders to encourage some
of them to move on.  There were approximately 400-500 at feeders at our
house and our neighbor across the street at that time and so many moved
on that we had only about 100-150 since that time.  Yesterday when the
numbers increased dramatically again we put up another feeder because
the hummers were literally stacked on top of each other at the 3
feeders.  Then this morning after they fed most left and tonight we had
only about 75 remaining. 

Warblers and Vireo numbers have decreased also in the last week although
we have added Orange-crowned, Golden-winged, Nashville, and Blue-winged
warblers to bring our September total to 21 species and our yard total
for the month to 81.  We sure wish we could have identified some of the
birds we saw last night as we set up the scopes and watched them move
across the sky with the full moon in the background.  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County

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