Jacki <seaotter at eskimo.com> asked;

"It seems that as soon as my rhodies and azaleas stopped blooming, all "my"
hummingbirds disappeared. What on earth happened?"

were your hummers rufous hummingbirds? if so, i think that they
are leaving the area and heading south now. the anna's hummers
stay in the area all year 'round.

Deborah Wisti-Peterson email:nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
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