A Black-chinned Hummingbird male just visited my front yard feeder.
Surprised me!

Diann Stone
Boise Depot Bench

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 9:06 AM lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Fall migration is fascinating & bittersweet. It depicts a change in the
> seasons to my favorite fly-fishing time of the year…fall. But, also
> represents the time when you realize the flush of our most colorful birds
> pushing through won’t return for another 6-7 months.
>
> For the past 10 days, I’ve had Black-chinned & Calliope &, yesterday,
> Broad-tailed Hummers draining the nectar feeder every 2 days. Bill Moore
> has quite aptly pointed out to me that amt of nectar represented probably
> 80 individual hummingbirds draining the feeder. This AM, I’ve seen only a
> couple of Broad-tailed & Black-chinneds.
>
> Plus, it seems like all have pushed through about 2 weeks early, esp the
> Rufous that came through a few wks ago. Maybe another bunch will arrive,
> but, as the majority have been juveniles, makes me wonder how many more are
> left in the Rockies?
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
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