I always recommend leaving feeders up until Dec 1st or until you can't keep them from freezing. Whichever comes first.
--Chris W, Madison, WI Sent from my iPod On Oct 1, 2011, at 19:18, "Thomas P. Malone" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sue's post raises a question: does anybody still have feeders out? Is > anybody else seeing hummingbirds? I usually take my feeders down on Oct 1 > but since Sue saw a bird I don't want to have a hungry migrating bird not be > able to find food. > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thomas P. Malone > Attorney at Law > Barna Guzy & Steffen > Minneapolis Minnesota > [email protected] > (Via BlackBerry) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Minnesota Birds <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat Oct 01 13:41:56 2011 > Subject: [mou-net] Hummingbird, late Hennepin County > > So much for the old adage that hummers leave the Metro area on September 25! > I have one here right this minute, thoroughly enjoying the fresh nectar I put > out yesterday. Had not seen them since last Sunday so I figured they all saw > the calendar... > Also, a pair of Blackburnian warblers chasing around. > Sue on Melody Lake, Edina > > Sent from my iPad > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
