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Lanny is my Hummingbird expert... See his excelent web site at: www.hummingbirds.net He also has a migration map to help you know when to fill the feeders in the sping and report first sightings.. He also bands the little guys.. Andrew --- Andrew Longtin Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota Minnesota Ornithologists Union Member http://moumn.org/ <http://biosci.cbs.umn.edu/~mou/> Cornell Lab Member (PFW) http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/ along...@worldnet.att.net See My WEB pages at: http://home.att.net/~alongtin/Index.htm NO SPAM NEEDED HERE PLEASE!!!!! _____ From: mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Green Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:33 AM To: mou-...@cbs.umn.edu; mnb...@lists.mnbird.net Subject: [mou] Hummingbird Question I have a couple of questions regarding our resident Ruby-Throated HB's (male and female) that I am hoping someone could educate my wife and me on regarding a several issues? 1) Last night, my wife and I were eating dinner and watching the male HB. Anyway, we just noticed a bright red patch under its throat. I have taken quite a few close-up images and have not seen this before. Is the probably another male, or is it a change in the one that has been hanging around the most? 2) The last week or so it seems that the male has shifted to coming to the feeder frequently, but not necessarily to drink. It flys around, and darts back and forth. It seems like it is patroling? Is this territorial behavior? We do have a female that shows up occaisionally and he does tend to chase her off. But, she does come back when he is not around. Also, there is another male that does come around but is quickly chased by our resident one. However, the one getting chased off seems rather persistent and keeps coming back. 3) I was at Wild Birds Unlimited last Sunday to give a talk on Digital Photography. I happened to talk with a customer of the store who was telling me that she had quite a few HB's at her feeder at one time (I thought she said 10, but don't quote me on that). I was surprised based on what happens at out feeder and from a talk we had heard from a HB expert at the Quarry Hill Nature Center around February or March of this year. I would be interested in some inputs on the above. Thank you in advance. Ron Green http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C5A2B8.27997DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005><FONT = face=3D"Book Antiqua"=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Lanny is my Hummingbird = expert...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005><FONT = face=3D"Book Antiqua"=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>See his excelent web site at: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.hummingbirds.net">www.hummingbirds.net</A> =20 </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005><FONT = face=3D"Book Antiqua"=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>He also has a migration map to help you know = when to fill=20 the feeders in the sping and report first = sightings..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005><FONT = face=3D"Book Antiqua"=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>He also bands the little = guys..</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005><FONT = face=3D"Book Antiqua"=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005><FONT = face=3D"Book Antiqua"=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Andrew</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D982091104-17082005> <DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3D"Book Antiqua" size=3D2>---<BR>Andrew=20 Longtin<BR>Corcoran (Hennepin Co.) Minnesota<BR>Minnesota Ornithologists = Union=20 Member<BR> <A = href=3D"http://moumn.org/">http://moumn.org/</A><A=20 href=3D"http://biosci.cbs.umn.edu/~mou/"></A><BR>Cornell Lab Member=20 (PFW)<BR> <A=20 href=3D"http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/">http://birds.cornell.edu/pfw/</A><= BR><BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:along...@worldnet.att.net">along...@worldnet.att.net</A><B= R>See My=20 WEB pages at: <A=20 href=3D"http://home.att.net/~alongtin/Index.htm">http://home.att.net/~alo= ngtin/Index.htm</A><BR><BR>NO=20 SPAM NEEDED HERE PLEASE!!!!!</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft> <HR tabIndex=3D-1> <FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B> mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu=20 [mailto:mou-net-ad...@cbs.umn.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ron = Green<BR><B>Sent:</B>=20 Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:33 AM<BR><B>To:</B> mou-...@cbs.umn.edu;=20 mnb...@lists.mnbird.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mou] Hummingbird=20 Question<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a couple of questions regarding = our resident=20 Ruby-Throated HB's (male and female) that I am hoping someone = could=20 educate my wife and me on regarding a several issues?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1) Last night, my wife and I were = eating=20 dinner and watching the male HB. Anyway, we just noticed a bright = red patch=20 under its throat. I have taken quite a few close-up images = and have=20 not seen this before. Is the probably another male, or is it a change in = the one=20 that has been hanging around the most?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2) The last week or so it seems that = the male has=20 shifted to coming to the feeder frequently, but not necessarily to = drink. It=20 flys around, and darts back and forth. It seems like it = is patroling?=20 Is this territorial behavior? We do have a female that shows up = occaisionally=20 and he does tend to chase her off. But, she does come back when he = is not=20 around. Also, there is another male that does come around but is quickly = chased=20 by our resident one. However, the one getting chased off seems rather = persistent=20 and keeps coming back.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3) I was at Wild Birds Unlimited last = Sunday to=20 give a talk on Digital Photography. I happened to talk with a customer = of the=20 store who was telling me that she had quite a few HB's at her feeder at = one time=20 (I thought she said 10, but don't quote me on that). I was surprised = based on=20 what happens at out feeder and from a talk we had heard from a HB expert = at the=20 Quarry Hill Nature Center around February or March of this year. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I would be interested in some inputs on = the above.=20 Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ron Green<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.greensphotoimages.com/gallery">http://www.greensphotoi= mages.com/gallery</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01C5A2B8.27997DE0--