Hi Dan,

How embarrassing! Thanks for pointing out my error. I don't pay much
attention to the formating, so I apologize. I have corrected the error, so
all future postings should go out as ASCII. Here is my message again for
those of you who didn't get it the first time.

-----Original Message-----
From: D. Victor <dvictor at u.washington.edu>
To: Marguerite Bevis <mfly.bevis at worldnet.att.net>


>Hi Marguerite,
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>Thanks very much for taking the time and effort of posting to Tweeters.
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>However your posting contained an html formatted attachment.
>On Wed, 19 May 1999, Marguerite Bevis wrote:
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>> I haven't been posting very much because I've only been living in
Washinton a few months, and haven't had opportunity to do much more than
backyard birding.
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>> I have had a few Rufous Hummingbirds at my feeders, but only rarely. In
Texas, at our family home in the hill country of Uvalde County, we had tons
of Hummers and I usually refilled all three feeders every day. In Texas, I
was seeing mostly Black-Chinned & Ruby-throats, but also saw a Rufous and an
Annas' once or twice.
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>> We have a place in Belize, and I have tried attracting the hummingbirds
to feeders there, but have had little success. There seem to be too many
flowers for the resident Hummers (Rufous-tail, Fork-tailed Emerald,
Green-breasted Mango, White-necked Jacobins, Wedge-tailed Sabrewings, and an
occasional Violet Sabrewing) to be interested in artificial feeders. I'm
wondering if that might be the case here in Bellingham.
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>> So, I want to plant more shrubs, flowers & trees to attract the Hummers,
and I am wondering which plants do well in the Northwest and attract
Hummingbirds. Our yard has some sunny spots, but is mainly shady. Would
appreciate any suggestions.
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