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)

Sent from Windows Mail

2ND TRY
cableone is having problems with yahoo, aol, and other addresses

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)

Sent from Windows Mail

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:
>
> 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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> 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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>
> Sent from Windows Mail
>
>
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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)

Sent from Windows Mail

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)

Sent from Windows Mail

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)

Sent from Windows Mail

We still have several rufous(M&F), but who knows how many?

I’m noticing a slack off in feeder consumption over the last week. After at least one per day and often two per day over the last month, we’re down to an empty feeder every few days. They showed up a week or so earlier this year and maybe are heading south earlier too. Of course a second brood could be about to hit and up go the numbers, but I doubt it.

Bill Moore
Hoot Owl Rd
Inkom

> On Jul 21, 2019, at 8:41 PM, lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] wrote:
>
> Just wondering if anybody else is noting a push of Rufous Hummingbirds? I had a female come into the nectar feeder about a week ago & have seen 2 different male Rufous hitting it today. In fact, they’ve kept the resident Black-chinned pair away. Not complaining, as I always enjoy the brilliant rufous red of the males.
>
> And, realize that Rufous start their fall migration by July. Just that at my location, I usually get the last of their push south in September. The ones coming through my place by then are usually females & juveniles. Nice treat to be getting the earlier males.
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
>
>

Yes, About 2 weeks now, consistently a few in S Nampa, only one adult male seen, the rest have been female.
Cheers, Rich

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

From: lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible]
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 8:41 PM
To: ible@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IBLE] Rufous Hummingbirds

 
Just wondering if anybody else is noting a push of Rufous Hummingbirds? I had a female come into the nectar feeder about a week ago & have seen 2 different male Rufous hitting it today. In fact, they’ve kept the resident Black-chinned pair away. Not complaining, as I always enjoy the brilliant rufous red of the males.

And, realize that Rufous start their fall migration by July. Just that at my location, I usually get the last of their push south in September. The ones coming through my place by then are usually females & juveniles. Nice treat to be getting the earlier males.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

Just wondering if anybody else is noting a push of Rufous Hummingbirds? I had a female come into the nectar feeder about a week ago & have seen 2 different male Rufous hitting it today. In fact, they’ve kept the resident Black-chinned pair away. Not complaining, as I always enjoy the brilliant rufous red of the males.

And, realize that Rufous start their fall migration by July. Just that at my location, I usually get the last of their push south in September. The ones coming through my place by then are usually females & juveniles. Nice treat to be getting the earlier males.

Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot

SE Asia.  Indonesia ?? 

BOB

On Sunday, July 21, 2019, 1:48 PM, LARRY ARNOLD larnold47@cableone.net [ible] wrote:

uh-oh……..
From: “Louisa Evers elouisa603@gmail.com [ible]”
To: “IBLE”
Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2019 8:36:00 AM
Subject: [IBLE] Re: fall migration

Short-tailed magpies?  Are you sure these aren’t just young of the year black-billed magpies?–
Louisa Evers
elouisa603@gmail.com

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