north lakeland rt sighting

[snookerdude]

i'm a nubie here and this is my maiden post. . i live where n. 98 turns 2 lane. i have 4 great natural feeding stations. two large shrimp plants and two large coral honeysuckle/jasmine; one has had blossoms on it year round for 2 yrs. now. i also have 2 nectar feeding stations. today i saw my first black throat to know what it was. i may have seen some in the past and thought it to ba a female rt. he seemed noticeably larger than the rt's we've been blessed by for the last couple of years [last year we had two rt's of different sizes all summer long.]. i did see the rt male today but haven't seen the female for a couple of days. i normally go out at round 4:30 to feed the bushy tailed tree rats and one confused rabbit that seems to think he is one too. i sit in my canvass chair and read and feast my soul on the wonderful life in our back yard. this time of year i set up at the largest shrimp plant...it's loaded! i'm wondering if anyone has ever confirmed a nest in a camphor tree. mine seem to be going into it after a couple minutes rest in the, now bare, golden rain tree. they tolerate my nearness better at the flowers than the feeders. as they leave the flowers they sometimes buzz me within a foot. my feeders have been out for only a few days and i have yet to see one being used. that's typical for these birds until the shrimp plants dry up. the past couple of summers we've had two rt pairs but we've never seen a juvenile. hope this is not an over long report. someone be honest with me if it is.. dave

[donla]

Dave,
I've had ruby's in the past but not now. I'm up in New Port Richey and my coral honeysuckle isn't put out the flowers it usually does so I'm thinking thats probably the reason I'm not seeing any of the returning Ruby's I've had in the past. I've had my feeder out for the last 3 weeks now and am watch sunup and sundown and still nothing except honey bees.
And no your post was to long at all.
Don

[donla]

correction your post was not to long at all. Don

[snookerdude]

last evening waldo was feeding in the big shrimp plant when my outside security light came on. he left and came back 15min. later. i hung it up; he may have returned again?? tonight, a couple of minutes before the light came on, i was focusing on trying to capture waldo in a chip, when he took off and was followed immediately out of my left side view what i assume to be his mate. didn't even know she was in the bush. first time i've seen them together this year; i feel pretty sure it's return pair because of waldo's size. he's a shrimp...a small shrimp. another male rt that is enjoying my flowers is a good bit larger than he but not as large as the black chin i saw last week [no further sighting]. my cam is a 6 year old olympus that cost $130. so with full telescopic settings, finding waldo is obviously what earned him his handle. give it a try.

[snookerdude]

find waldo

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