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Index of Subjects --000000000000a420e5056de9272f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Given the abundance of food you provide, I'm suspecting there was something other than exposure involved...it could have been parasites or an illness. That is an interesting observation of the attending female; I've not heard of it before. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 4 June 2018 at 17:45, bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote: > I got a call around 9:00 last night from Clarence Landry of Seaview, Rich. > Co., concerned about a male Hummer fluffed up and literally "stuck" to his > feeder. He was concerned it might be in ill health. I told him it was > probably very cold. He called back later saying that he had gone outside > and found the male on the ground beneath the feeder, not moving, and with a > female sitting close against it. He took them both in the house and left > them in a covered box overnight. This morning the male was dead and the > female flew away as soon as he released it outside. It then went directly > to the feeder. Was the male sick, or would it have frozen? Is this common > behavior for the female to stick close by a sick/dying mate? > Billy > > --000000000000a420e5056de9272f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Given the abundance of food you provide, I'm suspectin= g there was something other than exposure involved...it could have been par= asites or an illness. That is an interesting observation of the attending f= emale; I've not heard of it before.<div><br></div><div>Randy</div></div= ><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_sign= ature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">_________________________________= <br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4 June 2018 at 17:45, bdigout <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bdigout@seaside.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">bdi= gout@seaside.ns.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot= e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">= I got a call around 9:00 last night from Clarence Landry of Seaview, Rich. = Co., concerned about a male Hummer fluffed up and literally "stuck&quo= t; to his feeder.=C2=A0 He was concerned it might be in ill health. I told = him it was probably very cold.=C2=A0 He called back later saying that he ha= d gone outside and found the male on the ground beneath the feeder, not mov= ing, and with a female sitting close against it.=C2=A0 He took them both in= the house and left them in a covered box overnight.=C2=A0 This morning the= male was dead and the female flew away as soon as he released it outside.= =C2=A0 It then went directly to the feeder.=C2=A0 Was the male sick, or wou= ld it have frozen? Is this common behavior for the female to stick close by= a sick/dying mate?<br> Billy<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div> --000000000000a420e5056de9272f--
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