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--Apple-Mail=_5611C808-0D0A-4638-9C4B-1B023095C86D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I know that purple finch is a potential competitor for sugar-water at = hummer feeders, but probably not so at flowers, esp. flowers past their = prime. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hummingbird Display > Date: August 26, 2014 at 3:35:15 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Maybe she has a freshly fledged youngster with her? I was enjoying my = tea the other afternoon when one became very agitated and was flying at = me then back and at me again. She had brought a very fresh and dozy = chick out to the limb very near where I was sitting. This morning she = was chasing everything, including butterflies away so her rather plump = young could feed. A few minutes ago she is trying to keep it airborne = and away from the feeders. Very interesting to watch. > =20 > Marg Millard, White Point, Queens > http://MargMillard.ca Angus MacLean wrote on Aug. 26/14: For the past number of days, what appears to be an adult female = Ruby-throat has been coming to our gardens, attempting to feed on the = remaining plants (most well past of yielding any nectar). It has shown = no interest in our two feeders. This morning it was there again but a = Purple Finch perched near where it was feeding. The hummer immediately = started dive displays & continued them until the finch, probably a bit = bemused by the antics, flew off to a corner of the garden. The hummer = then stopped the displays & flew off. Never read where Ruby-throats used the dive displays in this way & if it = is a female, even more unusual. If it returns, I will check it out more = closely. Angus at Coldbrook --Apple-Mail=_5611C808-0D0A-4638-9C4B-1B023095C86D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I know = that purple finch is a potential competitor for sugar-water at hummer = feeders, but probably not so at flowers, esp. flowers past their prime. = Cheers from Jim in Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Marg Millard <<a = href=3D"mailto:mmillard@eastlink.ca">mmillard@eastlink.ca</a>><br></spa= n></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Hummingbird = Display</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">August 26, 2014 at = 3:35:15 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <div>Maybe she has a freshly fledged youngster with her? I was enjoying = my tea=20 the other afternoon when one became very agitated and was flying at me = then back=20 and at me again. She had brought a very fresh and dozy chick out to the = limb=20 very near where I was sitting. This morning she was chasing everything,=20= including butterflies away so her rather plump young could feed. A few = minutes=20 ago she is trying to keep it airborne and away from the feeders. Very=20 interesting to watch.</div> <div> </div> <div>Marg Millard, White Point, Queens</div> <div style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a = href=3D"http://MargMillard.ca">http://MargMillard.ca</a></div></div></div>= </div> </div></blockquote><br></div><div>Angus MacLean wrote on Aug. = 26/14:</div><div><br></div><div><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri; = font-size: 15.818181037902832px;">For the past number of days, what = appears to be an adult female Ruby-throat has been coming to = our gardens, attempting to feed on the remaining plants (most well past = of yielding any nectar). It has shown no interest in our two = feeders. This morning it was there again but a Purple Finch perched near = where it was feeding. The hummer immediately started dive displays & = continued them until the finch, probably a bit bemused by the antics, = flew off to a corner of the garden. The hummer then stopped the = displays & flew off.</span><br style=3D"font-family: Calibri; = font-size: 15.818181037902832px;"><br style=3D"font-family: Calibri; = font-size: 15.818181037902832px;"><span style=3D"font-family: Calibri; = font-size: 15.818181037902832px;">Never read where Ruby-throats used the = dive displays in this way & if it is a female, even more unusual. If = it returns, I will check it out more closely.</span></div><div><br = style=3D"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15.818181037902832px;"><span = style=3D"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15.818181037902832px;">Angus = at Coldbrook</span></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_5611C808-0D0A-4638-9C4B-1B023095C86D--
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