Re: For barn owls, roads disrupt country living

[Lynn A. Braband]

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[Lynn Bergmeyer]

What is the hummingbird situation in Monroe County?  Rochester NY.  Im getting questions from others about the lack of them this year.  I have my usual one hummer that visits infrequently in June and July.  Had one fueling up for a day in May as usual to continue migration north i presume.  So I'm seeing what i always see in Monroe but others aren't.  In Yates county most of my hummingbirds didn't return...

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[Jackie Siwicki]

I'm near Fairport and having regular hummer visits.

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[Linda Bender]

I'm in Clarkson and have the usual number, a pair plus.

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[Martha Zettel]

Lots of hummers here. The feeders are always less busy now as there are lots of flowers and the adults are eating more protein because they are raising young.

Martha L. Zettel

Rush, NY

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[Sharon Galbraith]

Very few here in Webster.  Have been wondering……

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[John Slowik]

I have 2 feeders up since mid-April. Judging by chases, I'd guess that 2
families usually nest in/near my Penfield back yard. However, this year
I spotted only two quick visits by transient birds; otherwise zilch. I
usually attract yellow jackets, 2 or 3 bald-face hornets, and once in a
while even a red hornet. But without the usual spillage, those are
absent also. Oriole visits to 2 jelly feeders are below normal, but
catbirds are eating jelly as usual.

On a more positive note, bluebirds that ate crumbs under the suet feeder
during the winter are now eating suet direct from the feeder, as well as
follow crumbs that drop.

On 6/17/2024 8:37 PM, Sharon Galbraith wrote:
> Very few here in Webster.  Have been wondering……
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 8:25 PM Martha Zettel <mlze...@rochester.rr.com
> <mailto:mlze...@rochester.rr.com>> wrote:
>
> Lots of hummers here. The feeders are always less busy now as there
> are lots of flowers and the adults are eating more protein because
> they are raising young.
> Martha L. Zettel
> Rush, NY
>
>> On Jun 17, 2024, at 8:17 PM, Jackie Siwicki <jlsi...@gmail.com

>> <mailto:jlsi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 
>> I'm near Fairport and having regular hummer visits.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024, 8:00 PM Lynn Bergmeyer
>> <lynnbe...@gmail.com <mailto:lynnbe...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> What is the hummingbird situation in Monroe County?  Rochester
>> NY.  Im getting questions from others about the lack of them
>> this year.  I have my usual one hummer that visits
>> infrequently in June and July.  Had one fueling up for a day
>> in May as usual to continue migration north i presume.  So I'm
>> seeing what i always see in Monroe but others aren't.  In
>> Yates county most of my hummingbirds didn't return...
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2024, 3:13 PM Lynn A. Braband

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[David Norton]

I have seen a few but our trumpet vine that usually attracts them isn’t blossoming as well as previous years too and I don’t know why.

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[Ann McMican]

Normal RTHB activity in Rush, with possibly two families visiting several times a day.

Ann

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On Jun 18, 2024, at 11:13 AM, David Norton <drno...@rochester.rr.com> wrote:



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[ROBERT SPAHN]

Just a bit to think about

    It is fun, interesting and probably useful to exchange information, kick around ideas, and tell stories.

    However, when it comes to any hint of fact or science in tossing about numbers like this, it really is not there. 

None of you/us has any real idea of the number of hummers or any other species using our feeders unless we 

are marking the birds in some way or some have distinctive plumage. From maxima at any one time, we can say 

we have a minimum of x adult males plus y adult females and plus maybe z immatures (if we are good and careful 

with ID). People dealing with hummers sometimes toss around WAGs to use, like multiply by about 6 the most you 

see at once to get some idea.

    Historical illustration (I've been gathering and summarizing local records for a long time.):

        Two bird banders in Town of Greece decided to try to find out how many House Finches they really were feeding. 

    They were typically counting up to 20-30 max at their feeders at any point in time and assumed they were close enough 

    to be seeing many that circulated around to the local feeder locations. After a couple of months, they had banded on 

    the order of 200 (aging memory not perfect on the detail) and now were still seeing the same numbers at the feeders with 

    about 1/3 of any flock having bands. Even trying to gather data, it is not clear at that point what the real total was. Certainly 

    greater than 200.

    Again, sharing experiences is good/fun!

Bob Spahn

rsp...@prodigy.net

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[David Norton]

Great information, thanks