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Index of Subjects As the sun set this evening we are alive with hummingbirds. Earlier in the day I went to my sisters' around the corner and closer to the shore and the feeders there were swamped with birds. She had stated earlier in the week her birds, of which there were two or three, had moved on she thought. There was a lull at my feeders since the males left last Sunday. Just a female with a couple juveniles and an occasional male coming through. By mid week things began to pick up and the two feeders, just the not quite 2 cup sized ones, need filling every day, today it was two full feeders emptied and another fill. There are hummingbirds jostling for stations all over the place! I lost track at my sisters at 17, I think. She has two larger feeders out, one with 8 ports and another with four. I refilled the 8 porter this evening and the traffic really picked up. Usual ratio 4 x 1. Here the count is 9 birds at the one 4 port feeder so easy to count when they are lined up. , at one feeder over the honeysuckle. I can hear them still and it is quite dark. I've had them arrive in big numbers once but this is the largest leave taking I have seen in 22 years. Over this past week we have had a new chipmunk come out all dewy and fresh and so shy. Another Blue Jay brought out 4 young yesterday late pm, and there are juvenile Goldfinches. Nuthatches have moved off. I think there were 7 young all totaled. There are still swallows flying over head from time to time. There were several young that the tree swallows managed to fledge. One was a month behind but she kept at it. No sign of the flickers since last weekend. Haven't even heard them. Still a Robin about although it isn't accompanied by the juvenile it brought out last week. I fear it met with a bit of a nasty end. There has been a hawk hunting the area. Bigger and heavier than a Sharpie. I am not good with them. Many of the sparrows have moved off as have the Juncos. One day the yard was full of the very young then again Sunday, they all left. Pleased to say I saw a couple bats over the past week, 10 days but none for the past couple. Two were quite small but one was a larger one. I was looking for meteors. They were down at the street light by the driveway entrance. Guess that is about all, Best regards, Marg Millard, White Point, Queens http://MargMillard.ca
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