next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
--Apple-Mail=_42645769-D621-4AE4-9D05-98B00DB86BEB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Begin forwarded message: > From: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: more on feeding hummingbirds > Date: July 3, 2016 at 1:38:35 AM ADT > To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> > Cc: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Joy and Cam Finlay = <joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca> >=20 > THANKS, CAM! Cam is in Victoria and has oodles of experience as a = hummingbird biologist and bander, and of course has the hummingbirds for = the entire year! Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, N.S. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: Joy and Cam <joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca> >> Subject: Re: more on feeding hummingbirds >> Date: July 2, 2016 at 8:30:32 PM ADT >> To: Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >>=20 >> Jim >> Male arrive first and immediately search out territory and = quickly look for newly arriving females to breed them as they have just = arrived. Once females are bred, males leave to find more receptive = females or else head on the way south or search out more food sources. = Males have only one duty or function which is to copulate and get on = with surviving. They have nothing to do with nest building and raising = young, only to breed and then leave. >> The lady who commented that the birds only take one sip and then = leave, probably means they have found a better source of food. We = often see that out here too when wild food sources are much more = attractive than sugar water in feeders. In fact at times when arbutus = is in full flower or other native plants are in bloom the feeders remain = totally unused for days at a time. >> Hope that clears up the concern. OH yes, don=92t use soap to clean = or if soap is used then thoroughly rinse out the soap. >> Best wishes >> Cam >> =20 >> From: Jim Wolford >> Sent: Saturday, July 2, 2016 1:56 PM >> To: Nature BNS >> Cc: Joy and Cam Finlay >> Subject: more on feeding hummingbirds >> =20 >> =20 >> =20 >> Begin forwarded message: >>=20 >>> From: Mike & Jo <mccallmichael5@gmail.com> >>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Feeding hummingbirds >>> Date: July 2, 2016 at 5:35:18 PM ADT >>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>> =20 >>> Well, Eleanor, sh*t happens. Our Little Brown Bats have >>> been with us for years but a contagion came along and they >>> are largely absent from their former haunts. Maybe you >>> are the first witness to a similar event. >>> =20 >>> Mike >>> =20 >>> =20 >>>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Eleanor Lindsay = <kelindsay135@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> =20 >>>> Thanks to all for your responses! I realise I didn't make it clear = that I've been feeding hummers for several decades and am therefore very = familiar with their summer feeding patterns; what I am describing is = completely new and totally different from anything I have encountered = before...... =20 >>>>=20 >>>> I will continue offering nectar all summer and looking for other = possible environmental issues (may consider getting a new feeder - but a = trial with a neighbour's feeder made no difference..........) If there = is any riveting resolution to this story, I will pass it on!! >>>>=20 >>>> Eleanor Lindsay >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> =20 >>=20 >> =20 >>=20 >> Virus-free. www.avast.com >=20 --Apple-Mail=_42645769-D621-4AE4-9D05-98B00DB86BEB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>><br><= /span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>more on feeding = hummingbirds</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">July 3, 2016 at = 1:38:35 AM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Jim Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Joy and Cam Finlay <<a = href=3D"mailto:joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca">joyandcamfinlay@shaw.ca</a>><br= ></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" = content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252"><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">THANKS, CAM! Cam is in Victoria and has oodles = of experience as a hummingbird biologist and bander, and of course has = the hummingbirds for the entire year! Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville, N.S.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin