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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_ZnOZHNibH7WX4DGrhKdOZA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi Billy=20 Sounds like the problem might have been more widespread. This is a note I re= ceived today from Lanark-Antigonish Harbour area.=20 =E2=80=9CWondering if you are hearing of any unusual Hummer deaths? I have h= ad three the past week and don't know what to make of it. Had to pry a femal= e with rigor mortis off a feeder this a.m. The nectar I use is fresh every d= ay and I have been feeding up to to 12 birds daily. If this is unique to me p= erhaps it is just an older population? Of course the temps. have been really= cold overnight and it has been wet.Have not had this problem before.Hope it= is not a disease!=E2=80=9D Sounds to me like the cold might be doing them in. At 10:00 this morning it w= as still only 3C in the Trafalgar area, Pictou Co. Hopefully the cold will s= oon disappear. Most of my garden grape leaves are toast now as well after t= he frost earlier this week.=20 Cheers Ken=20 Sent from my iPad Ken McKenna Stellarton=20 NS=20 > On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > Given the abundance of food you provide, I'm suspecting there was somethin= g other than exposure involved...it could have been parasites or an illness.= That is an interesting observation of the attending female; I've not heard o= f it before. >=20 > Randy >=20 > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. >=20 >> On 4 June 2018 at 17:45, bdigout <bdigout@seaside.ns.ca> wrote: >> I got a call around 9:00 last night from Clarence Landry of Seaview, Rich= . Co., concerned about a male Hummer fluffed up and literally "stuck" to his= feeder. He was concerned it might be in ill health. I told him it was prob= ably very cold. He called back later saying that he had gone outside and fo= und the male on the ground beneath the feeder, not moving, and with a female= sitting close against it. He took them both in the house and left them in a= covered box overnight. This morning the male was dead and the female flew a= way as soon as he released it outside. It then went directly to the feeder.= Was the male sick, or would it have frozen? Is this common behavior for th= e female to stick close by a sick/dying mate? >> Billy >>=20 >=20 --Boundary_(ID_ZnOZHNibH7WX4DGrhKdOZA) Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">Hi Billy <div>Sounds like the problem m= ight have been more widespread. This is a note I received today from Lanark-= Antigonish Harbour area. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>= <span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">=E2=80=9CWondering= if you are hearing of any unusual Hummer deaths? I have had three the past w= eek and don't know what to make of it. Had to pry a female with rigor mortis= off a feeder this a.m. The nectar I use is fresh every day and I have been f= eeding up to to 12 birds daily. If this is unique to me perhaps it is just a= n older population? Of course the temps. have been really cold overnight and= it has been wet.Have not had this problem before.Hope it is not a disease!=E2= =80=9D</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255,= 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 2= 55, 0);">Sounds to me like the cold might be doing them in. At 10:00 this mo= rning it was still only 3C in the Trafalgar area, Pictou Co. Hopefully the c= old will soon disappear. Most of my garden grape leaves are toast now a= s well after the frost earlier this week. </span></div><div><span style= =3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span s= tyle=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><sp= an style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cheers</span></div><d= iv><span style=3D"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ken </span= ></div><div><br></div><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad<d= iv>Ken McKenna</div><div>Stellarton </div><div>NS </div></div><div= ><br>On Jun 5, 2018, at 3:23 PM, Randy Lauff <<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lau= ff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote t= ype=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">Given the abundance of food you provide, I= 'm suspecting there was something other than exposure involved...it could ha= ve been parasites or an illness. That is an interesting observation of the a= ttending female; I've not heard of it before.<div><br></div><div>Randy</div>= </div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div class=3D"gmail_= signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature">______________________________= ___<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</div></di= v> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 4 June 2018 at 17:45, bdigout <span dir=3D= "ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bdigout@seaside.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">bdigout= @seaside.ns.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I got a= call around 9:00 last night from Clarence Landry of Seaview, Rich. Co., con= cerned about a male Hummer fluffed up and literally "stuck" to his feeder.&n= bsp; He was concerned it might be in ill health. I told him it was probably v= ery cold. He called back later saying that he had gone outside and fou= nd the male on the ground beneath the feeder, not moving, and with a female s= itting close against it. He took them both in the house and left them i= n a covered box overnight. This morning the male was dead and the fema= le flew away as soon as he released it outside. It then went directly t= o the feeder. Was the male sick, or would it have frozen? Is this comm= on behavior for the female to stick close by a sick/dying mate?<br> Billy<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_ZnOZHNibH7WX4DGrhKdOZA)--