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Feeder birds - Stamford

PP
Paul Plotnick
Thu, Jun 11, 2020 3:47 PM

Returned from Florida last week and set out feeders. Usual suspects soon
arrived, but yesterday, I had a visitor - a male R-B Grosbeak, and today,
he was back. Could he be a possible nester? The hummingbird feeder has had
one female visitor for one lone visit. I usually have 4-5 females. Anyone
else report low number of hummers?

Returned from Florida last week and set out feeders. Usual suspects soon arrived, but yesterday, I had a visitor - a male R-B Grosbeak, and today, he was back. Could he be a possible nester? The hummingbird feeder has had one female visitor for one lone visit. I usually have 4-5 females. Anyone else report low number of hummers?
CP
Chris Penniman
Thu, Jun 11, 2020 6:59 PM

Hi Paul,
We have fewer hummingbirds this year as well. Last year we had at least 10
so I had four feeders and many plants for them. This year we have four
hummingbirds so I reduced the feeders down to two, though they also feed at
the Oriole feeder.
-Chris
Chris Penniman, Old Lyme

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:48 AM Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <
ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:

Returned from Florida last week and set out feeders. Usual suspects soon
arrived, but yesterday, I had a visitor - a male R-B Grosbeak, and today,
he was back. Could he be a possible nester? The hummingbird feeder has had
one female visitor for one lone visit. I usually have 4-5 females. Anyone
else report low number of hummers?


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Hi Paul, We have fewer hummingbirds this year as well. Last year we had at least 10 so I had four feeders and many plants for them. This year we have four hummingbirds so I reduced the feeders down to two, though they also feed at the Oriole feeder. -Chris Chris Penniman, Old Lyme On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:48 AM Paul Plotnick via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Returned from Florida last week and set out feeders. Usual suspects soon > arrived, but yesterday, I had a visitor - a male R-B Grosbeak, and today, > he was back. Could he be a possible nester? The hummingbird feeder has had > one female visitor for one lone visit. I usually have 4-5 females. Anyone > else report low number of hummers? > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >