Saturday, 15 September 2012

Re: [Maine-birds] Turkey vultures/ hummingbirg question

I refilled my feeder yesterday after being away for week and saw one
hummingbird almost instantly.
The feeder was almost full when I left last week.

Bill Blauvelt
Portland, ME

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:43 PM, David Rankin <drankin@une.edu> wrote:
> If you leave them up into October, or even November, you might attract a
> rare hummingbird from out west. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds vacate the region
> by the end of September, but Rufous Hummingbird in particular are becoming
> more and more common in the east in the fall and even into the winter (the
> likelyhood is small, but you never know!)
>
> David Rankin
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:21 PM, David Small <docfinsdave@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There has not been any activity at my hummingbird
>> feeder (Old Town) for several days now. Is it too
>> soon to take it down?
>>
>> Two turkey vultures preening at Sunkhaze Meadows
>> National Wildlife Refuge.
>> http://photosbychance.zenfolio.com/p501323621/h42cafb9c#h42cafb9c
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>
>>
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