<hummingbird copulation at their feeder this week. They were wondering the purpose since it is way too late to be breeding this year. Fun? Practice?>
Dominance? (...the behavior occurs under some circumstances in other animals to establish dominance) Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail m...@cornell.edu http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 ________________________________________ From: bounce-64207123-5851...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-64207123-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Susan Danskin [dans...@twcny.rr.com] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 6:09 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds My aunt and uncle live in North Carolina. They have been observing hummingbird copulation at their feeder this week. They were wondering the purpose since it is way too late to be breeding this year. Fun? Practice? Susan -- 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/ -- -- 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/ --
