Subject: Unfaithful Rufous Hummers
Date: Jul 7 11:27:49 2004
From: Ned McGarry - ned.mcgarry at verizon.net


Interesting . . .

Yesterday, I noticed a searching female fly by my window brandishing a
rolling pin and a surly expression.
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Ned McGarry
Sammamish, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Blinn" <76506.3100 at compuserve.com>
To: <Blind.Copy.Receiver at compuserve.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:17 AM
Subject: Unfaithful Rufous Hummers


>
> I saw a complaint on Tweeters about hummingbirds leaving.
>
> The first of your male Rufous arrived here yesterday, 7/6/2004, in
> Placitas, NM, 20 miles north of Albuquerque.
>
> It is definitely a Western Washington bird . . . it is somewhat moldy and
> the feathers look damp, but it is recovering nicely in this climate.
>
> It seems like your hummers desert their wives early in the summer . . .
> this one has a very guilty look on its face.
>
> Jerry Blinn
>
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