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: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/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/ --
