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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

the charm of hummers

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I spoke to Sandra Mouron from Greenback at the height of the hummingbird migration. Now that things have settled down, and the hummers are more or less gone for another year, Sandra had time to mail me a photo. 


It shows the side of her house that had six feeders and, to my count, a charm of 21 ruby-throated hummingbirds. The opposite side of her house had four feeders and roughly the same amount of the feathered pixies. 


The books say that for every one you see (or photograph) there are probably three waiting just out of sight. At the height of migration Sandra was using two gallons of sugar-water every day.


That's two gallons! Yes. It was a good year for hummers. 


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2 comments:

  1. A Colorful WorldNovember 10, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    OK, a positive about Tucson...we still have hummers! :-)

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  2. Stephen Lyn BalesNovember 10, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    So that would make me envious of you.

    Love the vitality of the hummers, but sadly they are not here November through March. Five months without they pep. And we really only have one species, you probably have several.

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