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Re: hummingbird departures



Although many are reporting a recent lack of hummers, we have noticed no
change around our place.  We had a housesitter stop by daily last week
(mainly to fill the feeders, the cat is pretty well off by herself!) and
were anxious that "our" birds may have left due to insufficient food,
migration, etc.  Our fears were not founded as we have been seeing 10 or
more birds buzzing around the yard most of the time.  The number of empty
mason jars left on the counter indicates the feeders were drained and
refilled daily during our absence.  The only change we have noticed is that
we are seeing very few visits by adult males, assumably the majority of
these birds have begun to move south.  We have a 25 foot run of trumpet
vine that is still blooming which may contribute to our continued success
with the birds.  The clock is ticking though, most of our birds moved out
by the end of the second week of Sept. in '98.

Present at the NCSU Dairy Pond last night:
8 Least S/P
2 Solitary S/P
2 Blue Grosbeaks
2 Red-Tails
75 Canada Geese, one with a black and white neckband
1 Common Nighthawk
Rough-winged Swallows
Barn Swallows

Ritter Park in Cary had a couple of neo-tropicals hanging around:
male Redstart
male Black Throated Blue Warbler
Easten Wood Peewee
several Red Eyed Vireos
many Blue Grey Gnatcatchers


Regards,
Steve Shultz
steven.shultz@us.pwcglobal.com
Cary, NC

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