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Durham Rufous
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Durham Rufous
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 17:25:20 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Hi Carolinabirders,
The female Rufous Hummingbird is still visiting my feeder today. I could
even make out the band on its leg, although not read the number, by using
binoculars from the kitchen table. The bird visited regularly between 10
AM and 2 PM, except for when I was standing near the window with my
camera in hand, when it vanished without a trace. Took some photos on
Tuesday that should show some color, but none that I'll exactly be proud
of...
The sad news is, I probably won't still live in the same house next
winter, to see if the bird returns! If anyone's looking for a small house
to rent near Duke, with the Duke Forest on one side of the house, a yard
list over 80 species, and a chance of a banded Rufous Hummingbird coming
back in the winter, there might be one opening up in May... I might even
leave the feeders there! Meanwhile, I'll keep hoping that the bird (or
another like it) will find its way a few miles east to Ninth Street,
where I expect to be living (and married) by this time next year.
The Brown Creeper visited the suet feeder several times today. Also saw
the Red-shouldered Hawk again. This makes 3-for-3 for those species for
days in which I've worked at home and been near the feeders for a
reasonable extent of time. I normally hear but don't see the Red-
shouldered, and the creeper is usually much less frequent than it has
been over the past week.
Good birding,
Josh
Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/