With all the talk of Rufous Hummers being the first to leave, I was quite
surprised yesterday when an adult female (with the ruby “brooch” at her
throat) showed up at my feeder and checked out just about every flower in
the yard. She was followed a little while later by an immature
Black-chinned, and then a Calliope showed up in the evening. The latter two
were here again today, but I have yet to see a Rufous today.

BTW, I was going through some old National Geo’s and found an article on
Hummers in the July 2017 issue. Some interesting facts, including that Nazi
Germany studied them in the 30’s when they were trying to develop a
helicopter. The rest of the fact-filled article is much more fun. 😉

Tom McCabe, Boise

Hello Fellow Birdwatchers,

I’d like to invite you to take part the Global Shorebird Counting Program of World Shorebirds Day to be held between 5–11 September 2018. This is a global initiative, and the shorebird equivalent of the ‘Global Big Day’ organised by eBird. All I ask from you to go out birding between these dates, what you love to do anyway, and share your data via eBird.

We now have a simple information sheet of the program in multiple languages. Please find it here:
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Further information of Global Shorebird Counting can be found on our website:
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I hope you take two minutes to register your site and we will soon see you among the contributors.

Best wishes, Szimi
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Gyorgy Szimuly
World Shorebirds Day Organiser
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