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On 8/5/2013 9:42 AM, Paul MacDonald wrote:
> First I don't put out feeders for humming birds
> but we have a lot of flowers. Jewelweed _Impatiens capensis_
> is starting to bloom now and there is a number of hummingbirds around.
> I see females and/or young as well as males. Usual distribution
> I would say. Hard to get an accurate count.
> Enjoy the summer
* it's likely that the concentration of food at feeders very much
changes the movements and territorial of Hummingbirds, by giving the
males something to defend in a season when they'd naturally be moving
around looking for flowers.
fred.
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