[NatureNS] a hummer anomaly

From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:44:51 -0400
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yes. I haven't seen a female for two weeks; he males make small (large =
to them)
wars against each other. I'm more or less expecting hummer kids and =
their moms
to appear at any time; if they don't show in a week, I'll suspect =
something is amiss.


Mike


On 2011-07-04, at 6:23 AM, John and Nhung wrote:

> To:  All
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> From:  john Sollows
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> Date: July 4/11
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> My recollection is that this far into the hummingbird season, the =
males have usually done their thing and taken off, leaving the females =
and young to scrounge at our feeders.
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> This year, the makes are still around, faithfully imbibing, but we =
have yet to see a female.
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> Any similar observations out there?


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after-white-space; ">yes. I haven't seen a female for two weeks; he =
males make small (large to them)<div>wars against each other. I'm more =
or less expecting hummer kids and their moms</div><div>to appear at any =
time; if they don't show in a week, I'll suspect something is =
amiss.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div><d=
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">My recollection is that this far into the hummingbird season, the =
males have usually done their thing and taken off, leaving the females =
and young to scrounge at our feeders.<o:p></o:p></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; =
margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; =
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0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; =
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">This year, the makes are still =
around, faithfully imbibing, but we have yet to see a =
female.<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: =
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">Any similar observations out =
there?<o:p></o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></d=
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