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Howieh

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on: May 10, 2014, 01:01:29 PM
He arrived yesterday at suppertime, was back at 6am this morning and has been around ever since and about an hour ago he chased away another male so I guess things are back to normal!
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Reply #1 on: May 11, 2014, 09:34:44 AM
We got one.  Showed up Saturday afternoon.  He was here Sunday morning.  A House Sparrow went after him and we've not seen him since the chase.  Boooooooooo to the Sparrow!
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Reply #2 on: May 11, 2014, 11:06:16 AM
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We got one.  Showed up Saturday afternoon.  He was here Sunday morning.  A House Sparrow went after him and we've not seen him since the chase.  Boooooooooo to the Sparrow!

Wow, that's strange - the only birds that go after hummers in my yard are other hummers! Where's that hawk when you really need him??
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Reply #3 on: May 13, 2014, 10:18:57 AM
I'm starting to worry about him. After his last feed he flew into the bushes and did his courting dance and it turned out to be a female goldfinch who just wasn't interested (he actually chased her away!). I hope the girls arrive soon! :)
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Reply #4 on: May 14, 2014, 02:56:53 PM
Your Hummer is weird  :shock:
1 male showed up this morning and is still feeding regularily...whenever he can get the Orioles off his feeder.
almost 2 weeks earlier than last year.
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Reply #5 on: May 14, 2014, 04:18:44 PM
Yep

Last night I was standing out front watching two Mallard Drakes in flight chasing a female around the nearby houses, :?:

when a Hummer buzzed me. So they are definitely back.

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Reply #6 on: May 14, 2014, 04:41:53 PM
He's not weird, he's just h...y! (he's been watching the house sparrows too much). This morning the female goldfinch was sitting on top of the shepherds hook that holds the regular feeder and when the hummer finished feeding he circled her a few times before leaving! Unfortunately my camera was not handy because it would have made for a great video! :)
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Reply #7 on: May 16, 2014, 09:18:43 PM
Wow, what a day! Shortly before 6pm I thought I saw two males near the feeder so I went out to see if I could get a video of the two birds, and guess what? the next hummer to show up was my first female of the year followed shortly by one of the males who promptly chased her away. I went out again after supper (mine) and there were THREE males fighting over the feeder! I started taking a video; one left but the other two chased each other all over the place for more than three minutes before they each had a chance to feed. I still had a lone male feeding at 9pm, in almost total darkness!
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Reply #8 on: May 17, 2014, 05:46:52 PM
3 females showed up today!
The male just sat on one of the feeders and watched the girls try to chase each other out of my back.
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Reply #9 on: May 17, 2014, 08:02:24 PM
i still have nothing.
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think i got them late last year. so who knows.
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Reply #10 on: May 18, 2014, 04:37:05 PM
1 male hummer for the last 3 days, and today a female as well.  

My House Finches have discovered the oranges I put out hoping for Orioles!

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Reply #11 on: May 31, 2014, 12:32:24 PM
We had a female Hummer stay for several days but we haven't seen her for about a week.
Today a male Hummer showed up!
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Reply #12 on: June 06, 2014, 08:33:01 PM
So, we saw the male Hummer again Sunday and Tuesday.
And today the female showed up!
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Reply #13 on: June 15, 2014, 08:35:53 PM
We haven't seen anything for over a week and then the female Hummer shows up at the feeder late this afternoon!
We're wondering if there is a nest nearby since the migration is supposedly over.
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Reply #14 on: June 18, 2014, 11:19:04 PM
I think I have a RTH (not red tailed hawk) nesting in crab apple tree...a few years ago I had one nesting in apple tree.

I have an old red Liberal cap from a campaign for Colleen Beaumier. On several occasions, when I've worn it, I've found RTH's attracted to it to the point that the peck at my head.
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