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
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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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