Thanks, Adam, for sharing the Magnificent Hummer with all of us. It was a big treat for me since I also live in Coal Creek Canyon. I've enjoyed hearing the updates, including the banding expedition!!
Janis Robinson Coal Creek Canyon On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 10:36:44 AM UTC-7, Adam Jack wrote: > > COBirders, > > I was getting ready to stop daily updates on our magnificent vagrant since > she has enough on her plate without celebrity status. (I expected only to > post once, maybe twice, but not for two weeks.) That said, this freezing > weather has come in so fast/hard (from 50+ down to 20s then below freezing > in just hours) that no doubt some are curious/concerned about her well > being... > > I've been out all morning, and I did not see her as usual this morning. My > wife just reported that the Mag visited the feeder (the one kept defrosted > by Steve Bouricious' red heat lamp.) As such, she made it through the 5ºF > temperatures of last night. Hardy little bird. > > She came all yesterday and looked as healthy as ever. When I've observed > her in the coldest temperatures I'm amazed to see how unaffected she > appears. She is more plumped up than ever, but looking/acting robust and > healthy. Hopefully she survives this storm and gets the message to move on. > Time will tell. > > regards > > Adam > -- > Adam R. B. Jack > Coal Creek Canyon > http://www.neukadye.com > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1fa950b1-02a3-4454-9d86-488b97ba8509%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
