And the hummers at the Lab , that's as late as this a.m. at 8 Mary E. Winston Public Outreach Assistant Cornell Lab of Ornithology (607)-254-2473
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime" -Mark Twain- From: bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-64107973-12723...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:55 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds Interesting following the comments on sightings and missing RT Hummingbirds. Still have our female and juvenile here in Big Flats. No males. Actually, we are seeing more activity than during the first half of the summer. I have a theory on why they sometimes seem to disappear in summer, only to return. I think they have just found a new, better food source that may be temporary. It comes to mind that insects are good source of protein for them. So, today, I observed our female RTH land on the stalk below the Monarda didyma flower head, and pick something from under the dried flower head. I theorize it is small spiders or similar insects. She then took flight to draw nectar from the few remaining flowers on adjacent stalks and again perched under a dried flower head to pick something from underneath. Paul Schmitt -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
