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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_w8Rz45/QAKuAExRNHZIyPA) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline I still have at least 1 male and at 5 females. Angela in Windsor On 08/24/11, Angus MacLean <angusmcl@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > About a week ago the male hummingbird coming to our feeders did the courtship trick (swinging back & forth in a wide arc). I didn't see if there was a female present but considered it very odd for this time of year. This morning at a neighbour's, I watched a male doing the same thing with a female in attendance. Then they flew off together...one returned briefly but i couldn't tell which one. It's remarkable how exact the arc is, reaching the same height as it started each time. > > In respect to males, the majority are usually gone by mid-August. It would be interesting to hear who still has males attending their feeders. > Angus > > > -- "The significant problems of our time cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." John Muir --Boundary_(ID_w8Rz45/QAKuAExRNHZIyPA) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline I still have at least 1 male and at 5 females=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EAnge= la in Windsor=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cspan=3EOn 08/24/11=2C =3Cb class=3D=22= name=22=3EAngus MacLean =3C/b=3E =26lt=3Bangusmcl=40ns=2Esympatico=2Eca=26= gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=22mid=3A6=2E0=2E1=2E1=2E1= =2E20110824111906=2E01c59ea0=40pop1=2Ens=2Esympatico=2Eca=22 class=3D=22= iwcQuote=22 style=3D=22border-left=3A 1px solid rgb(0=2C 0=2C 255)=3B pa= dding-left=3A 13px=3B margin-left=3A 0pt=3B=22 type=3D=22cite=22=3E=3Cdi= v class=3D=22mimepart text plain=22=3EAbout a week ago the male hummingb= ird coming to our feeders did the courtship trick (swinging back =26amp=3B= forth in a wide arc)=2E I didn=27t see if there was a female present bu= t considered it very odd for this time of year=2E This morning at a neig= hbour=27s=2C I watched a male doing the same thing with a female in atte= ndance=2E Then they flew off together=2E=2E=2Eone returned briefly but i= couldn=27t tell which one=2E It=27s remarkable how exact the arc is=2C = reaching the same height as it started each time=2E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3EI= n respect to males=2C the majority are usually gone by mid-August=2E It = would be interesting to hear who still has males attending their feeders= =2E=3Cbr /=3EAngus=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3C/div=3E=3C/blockquote=3E=3Cdiv=3E= --=3C/div=3E=26quot=3BThe significant problems of our time cannot be sol= ved by the same level of thinking that created them=2E=26quot=3B=3Cbr /=3E= Albert Einstein=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=26quot=3BWhen one tugs at a single t= hing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the rest of the world=2E=26quo= t=3B=3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E --Boundary_(ID_w8Rz45/QAKuAExRNHZIyPA)--
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