[NatureNS] A Hummingbird Story... maybe someone could comment

From: Ken McKenna <kenmcken54@eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 16:22:44 -0300
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Hi Billy=20
Sounds like the problem might have been more widespread. This is a note I re=
ceived today from Lanark-Antigonish Harbour area.=20


=E2=80=9CWondering if you are hearing of any unusual Hummer deaths? I have h=
ad three the past week and don't know what to make of it. Had to pry a femal=
e with rigor mortis off a feeder this a.m. The nectar I use is fresh every d=
ay and I have been feeding up to to 12 birds daily. If this is unique to me p=
erhaps it is just an older population? Of course the temps. have been really=
 cold overnight and it has been wet.Have not had this problem before.Hope it=
 is not a disease!=E2=80=9D

Sounds to me like the cold might be doing them in. At 10:00 this morning it w=
as still only 3C in the Trafalgar area, Pictou Co. Hopefully the cold will s=
oon disappear.  Most of my garden grape leaves are toast now as well after t=
he frost earlier this week.=20


Cheers
Ken=20


Sent from my iPad
Ken McKenna
Stellarton=20
NS=20

> On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Given the abundance of food you provide, I'm suspecting there was somethin=
g 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 o=
f it before.
>=20
> Randy
>=20
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
>=20
>> 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 prob=
ably very cold.  He called back later saying that he had gone outside and fo=
und 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 a=
way 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 th=
e female to stick close by a sick/dying mate?
>> Billy
>>=20
>=20

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Hi Billy&nbsp;<div>Sounds like the problem m=
ight have been more widespread. This is a note I received today from Lanark-=
Antigonish Harbour area.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>=
<span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">=E2=80=9CWondering=
 if you are hearing of any unusual Hummer deaths? I have had three the past w=
eek and don't know what to make of it. Had to pry a female with rigor mortis=
 off a feeder this a.m. The nectar I use is fresh every day and I have been f=
eeding up to to 12 birds daily. If this is unique to me perhaps it is just a=
n older population? Of course the temps. have been really cold overnight and=
 it has been wet.Have not had this problem before.Hope it is not a disease!=E2=
=80=9D</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255,=
 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 2=
55, 0);">Sounds to me like the cold might be doing them in. At 10:00 this mo=
rning it was still only 3C in the Trafalgar area, Pictou Co. Hopefully the c=
old will soon disappear. &nbsp;Most of my garden grape leaves are toast now a=
s well after the frost earlier this week.&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style=
=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span s=
tyle=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><sp=
an style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cheers</span></div><d=
iv><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ken&nbsp;</span=
></div><div><br></div><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad<d=
iv>Ken McKenna</div><div>Stellarton&nbsp;</div><div>NS&nbsp;</div></div><div=
><br>On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Randy Lauff &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lau=
ff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote t=
ype=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Given the abundance of food you provide, I=
'm suspecting there was something other than exposure involved...it could ha=
ve been parasites or an illness. That is an interesting observation of the a=
ttending female; 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_=
signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">______________________________=
___<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></di=
v>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4 June 2018 at 17:45, bdigout <span dir=3D=
"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bdigout@seaside.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">bdigout=
@seaside.ns.ca</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
yle=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., con=
cerned about a male Hummer fluffed up and literally "stuck" to his feeder.&n=
bsp; He was concerned it might be in ill health. I told him it was probably v=
ery cold.&nbsp; He called back later saying that he had gone outside and fou=
nd the male on the ground beneath the feeder, not moving, and with a female s=
itting close against it.&nbsp; He took them both in the house and left them i=
n a covered box overnight.&nbsp; This morning the male was dead and the fema=
le flew away as soon as he released it outside.&nbsp; It then went directly t=
o the feeder.&nbsp; Was the male sick, or would it have frozen? Is this comm=
on behavior for the female to stick close by a sick/dying mate?<br>
Billy<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>
</div></blockquote></div></body></html>=

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