Headed down to the Snake for a bit of fly-fishing. I didn’t have any takes but watched an Osprey hit mid-stream about 100 yds below me & then leave the water, flying right by me with an 18″ brown trout in its talons. Good to see some luck was happening.

Back at the house, refilled the nectar feeder & within 5 minutes of setting it back out had a female Rufous & a female Black-chinned taking turns at it. Didn’t see any male Rufous today, but had one come in yesterday AM. Thanks for all the responses. Appears fall Rufous migration is underway.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

hey Bill, don’t you have calliope around as breeders? your area seems so similar to a known breeding area / colony / “dispersed lek” / whatever…not very far away from you..
i’m dropping the “lek” bomb on IBLE because of a paper Chuck Trost put me onto… =)
here are a couple links…..

[ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Lek-Thompson-Reidy/74023071dd4a2e82ef2badb698ec310ad4267c0a | https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Lek-Thompson-Reidy/74023071dd4a2e82ef2badb698ec310ad4267c0a ]

[ https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short | https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short ]

just for fun, until more southbound hums arrive
I think of their fall migration peak as the first two weeks of August +/- for SW Idaho in general, but based specifically on activity and sugar water consumption at Brockman’s (South Hills), and there are highly localized variables, and i’m guessing the hum banders likely have this tightened down…..

Larry

From: “Bill Moore hootowlbill@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “TOM and SUSAN SONIVILLE”
Cc: “IBLE”
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 5:53:31 PM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] RE: Rufous
[ https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short | https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short ]

I still have all four species. Really, calliope seem most aggressive but get a pass because they are tiny.

Bill Moore
Hot Hoot Owl Rd
Inkom

On Jul 23, 2019, at 11:25 AM, TOM and SUSAN SONIVILLE [ mailto:tomnsueid@msn.com | tomnsueid@msn.com ] [ible] < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] > wrote:

So far, we are seeing more Black Chinned hummers that usual. Thanks to the cool, wet weather, our flowers have exploded, and I think they like the “buffet” we are offering. We rarely see a male Rufous here. Maybe once every 2-3 years. Is anyone getting Calliopes?

Tom Soniville

Boise, North End

From: [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] < [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] > On Behalf Of Patty GAILEY [ mailto:triadcorgis@msn.com | triadcorgis@msn.com ] [ible]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:24 AM
To: FlyLady Yahoo < [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] >
Subject: [IBLE] Rufous

We have had a male Rufous here, sporadically, since the 10th. Two females showed up over the weekend. Far fewer black-chinned than usual for this time of year.

Patty Gailey

Blackfoot

(East of town, near the Blackfoot River)

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From: “Larry Arnold”
To: “Bill Moore”
Cc: “IBLE”
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 6:59:40 PM
Subject: Re: Calliope

hey Bill, don’t you have calliope around as breeders? your area seems so similar to a known breeding area / colony / “dispersed lek” / whatever…not very far away from you..
i’m dropping the “lek” bomb on IBLE because of a paper Chuck Trost put me onto… =)
here are a couple links…..

[ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Lek-Thompson-Reidy/74023071dd4a2e82ef2badb698ec310ad4267c0a | https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Lek-Thompson-Reidy/74023071dd4a2e82ef2badb698ec310ad4267c0a ]

[ https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short | https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short ]

just for fun, until more southbound hums arrive
I think of their fall migration peak as the first two weeks of August +/- for SW Idaho in general, but based specifically on activity and sugar water consumption at Brockman’s (South Hills), and there are highly localized variables, and i’m guessing the hum banders likely have this tightened down…..

Larry

From: “Bill Moore hootowlbill@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “TOM and SUSAN SONIVILLE”
Cc: “IBLE”
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 5:53:31 PM
Subject: Re: [IBLE] RE: Rufous
[ https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short | https://complete.bioone.org/journals/The-Wilson-Journal-of-Ornithology/volume-126/issue-1/13-139.1/Time-Budgets-of-Male-Calliope-Hummingbirds-on-a-Dispersed-Lek/10.1676/13-139.1.short ]

I still have all four species. Really, calliope seem most aggressive but get a pass because they are tiny.

Bill Moore
Hot Hoot Owl Rd
Inkom

On Jul 23, 2019, at 11:25 AM, TOM and SUSAN SONIVILLE [ mailto:tomnsueid@msn.com | tomnsueid@msn.com ] [ible] < [ mailto:ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com | ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com ] > wrote:

So far, we are seeing more Black Chinned hummers that usual. Thanks to the cool, wet weather, our flowers have exploded, and I think they like the “buffet” we are offering. We rarely see a male Rufous here. Maybe once every 2-3 years. Is anyone getting Calliopes?

Tom Soniville

Boise, North End

From: [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] < [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] > On Behalf Of Patty GAILEY [ mailto:triadcorgis@msn.com | triadcorgis@msn.com ] [ible]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:24 AM
To: FlyLady Yahoo < [ mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com | ible@yahoogroups.com ] >
Subject: [IBLE] Rufous

We have had a male Rufous here, sporadically, since the 10th. Two females showed up over the weekend. Far fewer black-chinned than usual for this time of year.

Patty Gailey

Blackfoot

(East of town, near the Blackfoot River)

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I still have all four species. Really, calliope seem most aggressive but get a pass because they are tiny.

Bill Moore
Hot Hoot Owl Rd
Inkom

> On Jul 23, 2019, at 11:25 AM, TOM and SUSAN SONIVILLE tomnsueid@msn.com [ible] wrote:
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> So far, we are seeing more Black Chinned hummers that usual. Thanks to the cool, wet weather, our flowers have exploded, and I think they like the “buffet” we are offering. We rarely see a male Rufous here. Maybe once every 2-3 years. Is anyone getting Calliopes?
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> From: ible@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Patty GAILEY triadcorgis@msn.com [ible]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:24 AM
> To: FlyLady Yahoo
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> We have had a male Rufous here, sporadically, since the 10th. Two females showed up over the weekend. Far fewer black-chinned than usual for this time of year.
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> Patty Gailey
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> Blackfoot
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> (East of town, near the Blackfoot River)
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So far, we are seeing more Black Chinned hummers that usual. Thanks to the cool, wet weather, our flowers have exploded, and I think they like the “buffet” we are offering. We rarely see a male Rufous here. Maybe once every 2-3 years. Is anyone getting Calliopes?

Tom Soniville
Boise, North End

From: ible@yahoogroups.com On Behalf Of Patty GAILEY triadcorgis@msn.com [ible]
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:24 AM
To: FlyLady Yahoo
Subject: [IBLE] Rufous

We have had a male Rufous here, sporadically, since the 10th. Two females showed up over the weekend. Far fewer black-chinned than usual for this time of year.

Patty Gailey
Blackfoot
(East of town, near the Blackfoot River)

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same here re black-chinned hums, our lowest numbers in 5 yrs
no rufous here yet, but we don’t get adult males in fall, maybe get an adult fem or two, mostly get juvies, typically beginning later july, early august
coolest spring-summer temps we’ve experienced in our 7 yrs here

larry,
urbanized west boise, 2600 ft along boise river

From: “Patty GAILEY triadcorgis@msn.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 8:24:19 AM
Subject: [IBLE] Rufous

We have had a male Rufous here, sporadically, since the 10th. Two females showed up over the weekend. Far fewer black-chinned than usual for this time of year.

Patty Gailey
Blackfoot
(East of town, near the Blackfoot River)

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We have had a male Rufous here, sporadically, since the 10th. Two females showed up over the weekend. Far fewer black-chinned than usual for this time of year.

Patty Gailey
Blackfoot
(East of town, near the Blackfoot River)

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