Questions/concerns about hummingbird and other bird populations are quite common this time of year. Birds shift their distributions both between and within years and it’s never a given that “your” birds will be in the same yard/place every year. Birds move to where the resources are best in order to maximize their survival. Post breeding, males leave pretty quickly and natural nectar/food sources become more abundant, thus oftentimes meaning less birds at feeders, at least in some areas.
The good news is that RT Hummingbird populations are just fine. North American Breeding Bird Survey Data show an average 1.2% increase per year since 1966 in Minnesota, so not a species to be concerned about. On Tue, Jul 23, 2024 at 12:00 AM MOU-NET automatic digest system < lists...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > There are 3 messages totaling 863 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Ruby Throated Population (2) > 2. the St Paul Audubon newsletter June - July 2024 > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:41:28 -0500 > From: Greg Seitz <greg.se...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Ruby Throated Population > > If I crunched the numbers correctly, eBird shows an ~ 9% decline in > observed hummingbirds in Minnesota this year: > > - 2023, Jan 1 - July 22: 293 > - 2024, Jan 1 - July 22: 266 > > Any real data scientists out there are welcome to check my math! > > Greg > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:22 PM Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Jason, > > Do you have feeders up - and - if so, did you notice a drop in numbers > of > > birds at those feeders compared to previous years? When did the "drop" > > occur? > > Thanks for responding! > > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM Jason Frank <jmfran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I would note that last year, in the Ortonville area, as far as I > > observed, > > > numbers were what I'd call "normal." Even during the periods when they > > > hunted insects to feed nestlings, they'd still be seen around > residential > > > areas with gardens. > > > > > > This year, I never saw a single mating dance or territorial dispute > > > between males, which have always been a regular sight in my yard. > > > > > > Jason Frank > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Alex, > > >> Did you have more in the Spring, did you notice? > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM Knopick, Alex < > > >> alex.d.knop...@craig-hallum.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, > including > > >> > tonight. > > >> > > > >> > Alex Knopick > > >> > a...@craighallum.com > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Alex Knopick - Partner > > >> > Managing Director - Investment Banking > > >> > Craig-Hallum Capital Group > > >> > M: 612-237-5281 > > >> > Work Text: 612-482-2583 > > >> > O: 612-334-6341 > > >> > a...@craighallum.com > > >> > > > >> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser < > nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling. > > >> > A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened > > >> afterwards? > > >> > And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found > on > > >> many > > >> > milkweed plants. > > >> > Nancy > > >> > Superior Highlands > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson < > birdnir...@gmail.com > > > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of milkweed > > and > > >> > > other natives for them to enjoy. > > >> > > > > >> > > Charlene Nelson > > >> > > Grant County farm > > >> > > > > >> > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field < > > >> rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we > have > > >> > planted > > >> > > > milkweed. Hope. > > >> > > > > > >> > > > Becky Field > > >> > > > Orono > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde < > > >> > > > 00002247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > >> One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of their > > >> > > wintering > > >> > > >> forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm > > planting > > >> > > >> milkweeds, anyway. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Tom Gilde > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann < > > >> > > jbaumann-...@outlook.com> > > >> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is > > full > > >> of > > >> > > >> wild milkweed. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote: > > >> > > >>> No monarchs. Troubling. > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey Saffle< > > >> > > >> jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu<mailto:jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu > >> > > >> > > >>> wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>>> We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more > > struck > > >> by > > >> > a > > >> > > >>>> near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully > > raised > > >> and > > >> > > >>>> released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve > > only > > >> > found > > >> > > >> one > > >> > > >>>> caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly > > rainy > > >> > > >> weather > > >> > > >>>> was hard on them. What are others’ thought? > > >> > > >>>> Jeffrey Saffle > > >> > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > > >>>>> On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason Frank< > jmfran...@gmail.com > > >> > > <mailto: > > >> > > >> jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird > all > > >> > summer > > >> > > >>>> long. I > > >> > > >>>>> only saw a few in the spring. > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one > > >> around > > >> > > here > > >> > > >> is > > >> > > >>>>> spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for > > everything > > >> > else, > > >> > > >>>>> though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century > > >> idiocy > > >> > > that > > >> > > >>>>> employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the > > town > > >> > once > > >> > > a > > >> > > >>>> week > > >> > > >>>>> to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all dem > > >> golfers > > >> > > and > > >> > > >>>>> lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There > are > > >> > plenty > > >> > > >> of > > >> > > >>>>> flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks > and > > >> > > >> ravines. I > > >> > > >>>>> too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... > and I > > >> > > haven't > > >> > > >>>> seen > > >> > > >>>>> a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole > > >> > cumulative > > >> > > >>>> effect > > >> > > >>>>> of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, > and > > >> bird > > >> > > flu, > > >> > > >>>>> which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders > are > > >> in > > >> > > close > > >> > > >>>>> proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and > heavy > > >> rain > > >> > > >>>> during > > >> > > >>>>> nesting season probably didn't help, either. > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> Jason Frank > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > > >> > > >> nancyhu...@gmail.com<mailto:nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > >> > > >>>>>> wrote: > > >> > > >>>>>> > > >> > > >>>>>> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down this > > >> summer. > > >> > > >>>> From a > > >> > > >>>>>> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.....and > who > > >> > knows > > >> > > >> the > > >> > > >>>>>> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have > dwindled > > to > > >> > less > > >> > > >>>> than a > > >> > > >>>>>> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones > have > > >> > > fledged. > > >> > > >>>>>> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland above > > Two > > >> > > >> Harbors) > > >> > > >>>>>> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They > > >> started > > >> > > to > > >> > > >>>>>> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. > Wondering > > >> about > > >> > > >> bird > > >> > > >>>>>> flu. > > >> > > >>>>>> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer because > of > > >> all > > >> > > the > > >> > > >>>>>> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming to > > >> > feeders > > >> > > >> in > > >> > > >>>>>> previous wet summers. > > >> > > >>>>>> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been steadily > > >> going > > >> > up > > >> > > >> for > > >> > > >>>>>> over > > >> > > >>>>>> 25 years. Many feeders out. Such a shock to have so few > > birds. > > >> > > >>>>>> Thanks in advance. > > >> > > >>>>>> Nancy in Superior Highlands > > >> > > >>>>>> > > >> > > >>>>>> ---- > > >> > > >>>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > >>>>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > >>>>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >>>>>> > > >> > > >>>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > >> practice > > >> > > >>>> social > > >> > > >>>>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >>>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> ---- > > >> > > >>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > >>>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >>>>> > > >> > > >>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > >> practice > > >> > > >>>> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> ---- > > >> > > >>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > >>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > > >>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > >> practice > > >> > > >> social > > >> > > >>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >>>> > > >> > > >>> ---- > > >> > > >>> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > >>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >>> > > >> > > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > practice > > >> > > >> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ---- > > >> > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > practice > > >> > > social > > >> > > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >> . > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ---- > > >> > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > practice > > >> > > social > > >> > > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >> > > > ---- > > >> > > > General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > > > > >> > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > practice > > >> > > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > > > >> > > ---- > > >> > > General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > > > >> > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > > >> social > > >> > > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > ---- > > >> > General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > > >> > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > > >> social > > >> > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > ------------------------------ > > >> > This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered > > >> safely > > >> > by Mimecast. > > >> > For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com > > >> > ------------------------------ > > >> > > > >> > > >> ---- > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > > social > > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > >> > > > > > > > ---- > > General information and guidelines for posting: > > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:27 +0000 > From: Gordon Andersson <gpanders...@msn.com> > Subject: the St Paul Audubon newsletter June - July 2024 > > Bird people > > This is the latest issue of The Cardinal. I don't think it was > distributed to the MOU list. Many of the birding field trips are past, but > some in August and Sept. A lot of other content. There is a video "From > Bobolinks to Blue Jays" about Battle Creek Park in St Paul and Maplewood. > It explains the conservation issue of the adjacent grassland property that > might be developed. It is large enough to provide habitat for grassland > species. A bird survey there found several species of birds including > State Endangered Henslow's Sparrow. > The cover story is about the 51st May Warbler Weekend. Also there is a > Birds and Beer in St Paul at Sweeney's with the dates for > June/July/August. (Minneapolitans are welcome to cross the river.) Also > good photos including a Cooper's Hawk with a Chipmunk. (So the accipiters > are not exclusive bird eaters?) > Cardinal202406-20240524.pdf (saintpaulaudubon.org)< > https://saintpaulaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cardinal202406-20240524.pdf > > > > G Andersson > St Paul > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:44:36 -0500 > From: Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Ruby Throated Population > > Thanks, Greg, for the data. > Anyone putting out theories? Weather? Climate? Chemicals? Bird flu? > Thanks. > Nancy > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 10:51 AM Greg Seitz <greg.se...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If I crunched the numbers correctly, eBird shows an ~ 9% decline in > > observed hummingbirds in Minnesota this year: > > > > - 2023, Jan 1 - July 22: 293 > > - 2024, Jan 1 - July 22: 266 > > > > Any real data scientists out there are welcome to check my math! > > > > Greg > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:22 PM Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Jason, > > > Do you have feeders up - and - if so, did you notice a drop in > numbers > > of > > > birds at those feeders compared to previous years? When did the "drop" > > > occur? > > > Thanks for responding! > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM Jason Frank <jmfran...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > I would note that last year, in the Ortonville area, as far as I > > > observed, > > > > numbers were what I'd call "normal." Even during the periods when > they > > > > hunted insects to feed nestlings, they'd still be seen around > > residential > > > > areas with gardens. > > > > > > > > This year, I never saw a single mating dance or territorial dispute > > > > between males, which have always been a regular sight in my yard. > > > > > > > > Jason Frank > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > > nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Alex, > > > >> Did you have more in the Spring, did you notice? > > > >> > > > >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM Knopick, Alex < > > > >> alex.d.knop...@craig-hallum.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, > > including > > > >> > tonight. > > > >> > > > > >> > Alex Knopick > > > >> > a...@craighallum.com > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Alex Knopick - Partner > > > >> > Managing Director - Investment Banking > > > >> > Craig-Hallum Capital Group > > > >> > M: 612-237-5281 > > > >> > Work Text: 612-482-2583 > > > >> > O: 612-334-6341 > > > >> > a...@craighallum.com > > > >> > > > > >> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser < > > nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > > >> > wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling. > > > >> > A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened > > > >> afterwards? > > > >> > And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found > > on > > > >> many > > > >> > milkweed plants. > > > >> > Nancy > > > >> > Superior Highlands > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson < > > birdnir...@gmail.com > > > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > > We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of > milkweed > > > and > > > >> > > other natives for them to enjoy. > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Charlene Nelson > > > >> > > Grant County farm > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field < > > > >> rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> > > > >> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we > > have > > > >> > planted > > > >> > > > milkweed. Hope. > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > Becky Field > > > >> > > > Orono > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde < > > > >> > > > 00002247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > >> One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of > their > > > >> > > wintering > > > >> > > >> forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm > > > planting > > > >> > > >> milkweeds, anyway. > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> Tom Gilde > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann < > > > >> > > jbaumann-...@outlook.com> > > > >> > > >> wrote: > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is > > > full > > > >> of > > > >> > > >> wild milkweed. > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote: > > > >> > > >>> No monarchs. Troubling. > > > >> > > >>> > > > >> > > >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey Saffle< > > > >> > > >> jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu<mailto: > jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu > > >> > > > >> > > >>> wrote: > > > >> > > >>> > > > >> > > >>>> We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more > > > struck > > > >> by > > > >> > a > > > >> > > >>>> near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully > > > raised > > > >> and > > > >> > > >>>> released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve > > > only > > > >> > found > > > >> > > >> one > > > >> > > >>>> caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly > > > rainy > > > >> > > >> weather > > > >> > > >>>> was hard on them. What are others’ thought? > > > >> > > >>>> Jeffrey Saffle > > > >> > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > > >> > > >>>> > > > >> > > >>>>> On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason Frank< > > jmfran...@gmail.com > > > >> > > <mailto: > > > >> > > >> jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > >> > > >>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>> I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird > > all > > > >> > summer > > > >> > > >>>> long. I > > > >> > > >>>>> only saw a few in the spring. > > > >> > > >>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>> There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one > > > >> around > > > >> > > here > > > >> > > >> is > > > >> > > >>>>> spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for > > > everything > > > >> > else, > > > >> > > >>>>> though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century > > > >> idiocy > > > >> > > that > > > >> > > >>>>> employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the > > > town > > > >> > once > > > >> > > a > > > >> > > >>>> week > > > >> > > >>>>> to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all > dem > > > >> golfers > > > >> > > and > > > >> > > >>>>> lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There > > are > > > >> > plenty > > > >> > > >> of > > > >> > > >>>>> flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks > > and > > > >> > > >> ravines. I > > > >> > > >>>>> too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... > > and I > > > >> > > haven't > > > >> > > >>>> seen > > > >> > > >>>>> a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole > > > >> > cumulative > > > >> > > >>>> effect > > > >> > > >>>>> of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, > > and > > > >> bird > > > >> > > flu, > > > >> > > >>>>> which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders > > are > > > >> in > > > >> > > close > > > >> > > >>>>> proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and > > heavy > > > >> rain > > > >> > > >>>> during > > > >> > > >>>>> nesting season probably didn't help, either. > > > >> > > >>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>> Jason Frank > > > >> > > >>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > > > >> > > >> nancyhu...@gmail.com<mailto:nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > > >> > > >>>>>> wrote: > > > >> > > >>>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>>> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down > this > > > >> summer. > > > >> > > >>>> From a > > > >> > > >>>>>> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.....and > > who > > > >> > knows > > > >> > > >> the > > > >> > > >>>>>> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have > > dwindled > > > to > > > >> > less > > > >> > > >>>> than a > > > >> > > >>>>>> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones > > have > > > >> > > fledged. > > > >> > > >>>>>> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland > above > > > Two > > > >> > > >> Harbors) > > > >> > > >>>>>> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They > > > >> started > > > >> > > to > > > >> > > >>>>>> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. > > Wondering > > > >> about > > > >> > > >> bird > > > >> > > >>>>>> flu. > > > >> > > >>>>>> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer > because > > of > > > >> all > > > >> > > the > > > >> > > >>>>>> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming > to > > > >> > feeders > > > >> > > >> in > > > >> > > >>>>>> previous wet summers. > > > >> > > >>>>>> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been > steadily > > > >> going > > > >> > up > > > >> > > >> for > > > >> > > >>>>>> over > > > >> > > >>>>>> 25 years. Many feeders out. Such a shock to have so few > > > birds. > > > >> > > >>>>>> Thanks in advance. > > > >> > > >>>>>> Nancy in Superior Highlands > > > >> > > >>>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>>> ---- > > > >> > > >>>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > > > >> > > >>>>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > > >> > > >>>>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > >> > > >>>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > > >> practice > > > >> > > >>>> social > > > >> > > >>>>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > > >> > > >>>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>> ---- > > > >> > > >>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > > > >> > > >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > > > >> > > >>>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > >> > > >>>>> > > > >> > > >>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > > > >> practice > > > >> > > >>>> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > > > 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