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Post by dsueiras on Sept 18, 2018 14:34:34 GMT -5
Ruby throat spotted at my feeder in miami September 15, 2018. My usual wintering hummingbirds have not arrived. Hope they didn't die. They had been regulars for these past three years beginning in the fall.
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Post by Joe M on Sept 18, 2018 17:04:42 GMT -5
Ruby throat spotted at my feeder in miami September 15, 2018. My usual wintering hummingbirds have not arrived. Hope they didn't die. They had been regulars for these past three years beginning in the fall. We don't ever know if the hummingbirds we see every year are the same we observed the prior year without some way of positively identify them. The only way we know is by having a "banded" bird return the following year and observe the same number on the band. Here is a bird that was banded in my yard this last Jan with a band number of K15199. I have managed to get some photos of a bird that has been in the yard for the past 2 weeks. Sep. 15th and 17th.
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Post by ana on Oct 8, 2018 7:20:07 GMT -5
Ruby throat spotted at my feeder in miami September 15, 2018. My usual wintering hummingbirds have not arrived. Hope they didn't die. They had been regulars for these past three years beginning in the fall. Always a pleasure to see them, right? I'm still hoping one will stop by my place in Pompano... not sure if I'm too close to the coast line or maybe the abundance of bigger birds in the area (many ospreys and other raptors) keep them away. I'll keep the feeders up.
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Post by Joe M on Oct 8, 2018 13:54:16 GMT -5
Ruby throat spotted at my feeder in miami September 15, 2018. My usual wintering hummingbirds have not arrived. Hope they didn't die. They had been regulars for these past three years beginning in the fall. Always a pleasure to see them, right? I'm still hoping one will stop by my place in Pompano... not sure if I'm too close to the coast line or maybe the abundance of bigger birds in the area (many ospreys and other raptors) keep them away. I'll keep the feeders up. If the same birds you had don't return it may indicate they didn't survive over the time they migrated north for any number of reasons but not always. We have had hummers skip or miss a year only to make a return the following year. We have been fortunate to have a bander visit, trap and verify our hummers for the past 15 years. We normally only have 1-2 birds identified as returnees the following year, of 4-6 birds trapped. Since your home has attracted hummers in the past its most probable that you will also have some this year!
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