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17 Mar lizard attack video [Sandra Lewis ]
15 Mar Re: 2009/2010 Winter Season [Cindy Macolini ]
14 Mar Second round banding results []
13 Mar Re: Male Ruby Throat in Covington ["whitegables AT juno.com" ]
13 Mar Male Ruby Throat in Covington [Al and Yvonne ]
13 Mar First Gueydan Ruby-throat [Elizabeth Guidry ]
12 Mar RTHU- Avery Island [jwnix ]
12 Mar Re: 2009/2010 Winter Season [Noel ]
12 Mar Re: 2009/2010 Winter Season [Margaret ]
12 Mar 2009/2010 Winter Season [James Abbott ]
11 Mar Apologies [Tom Trenchard ]
11 Mar Re: First Migrant Male Ruby-throated [Tom Trenchard ]
11 Mar First Migrant Male Ruby-throated [Nancy L Newfield ]
11 Mar Restless Wings [Nancy L Newfield ]
16 Feb Sunday Mitchell ["Sunday A." ]
10 Mar Re: First Rubythroat [Beth Maniscalco ]
10 Mar First Rubythroat [Tracey Banowetz ]
9 Mar FW: eBird Report - New Orleans - Pratt Dr , 3/7/10 [Tom Trenchard ]
9 Mar Rufous Finally Banded [Al and Yvonne ]
7 Mar 2 Rufous banded in Paulina, LA [Celeste Louque ]
3 Mar Mississippi Rufous in Louisiana [Dave Patton ]
2 Mar Changes in the Cast [Nancy L Newfield ]
1 Mar Re: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX [HW ]
1 Mar Re: Winter Hummingbird Season [e-womack ]
28 Feb Winter Hummingbird Season [Brent Ortego ]
28 Feb Friendly hummers [Susan Orwig ]
26 Feb Hilton Pond 02/15/10 (Costa Rica Portfolio) ["Bill Hilton Jr." ]
25 Feb Re: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX [Nancy L Newfield ]
25 Feb Re: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX [Carrie Hampton ]
25 Feb FW: [HUMNET-L] Test [Dottie ]
24 Feb Re: Test [Gene Dettmann ]
24 Feb Test [Dottie ]
23 Feb Allen's Hummingbird accepted ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
23 Feb Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX [HW ]
21 Feb Hilton Pond 01/26/10 (Costa Rica Hummingbirds) ["Bill Hilton Jr." ]
17 Feb Winter record from 1940 [Carol Foil ]
14 Feb Blac chinned hummingbird [George Drummond ]
13 Feb Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [Susan Orwig ]
13 Feb Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [HW ]
13 Feb Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [Susan Orwig ]
13 Feb Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [Bob Sargent ]
12 Feb Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [HW ]
12 Feb Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [Bob Sargent ]
12 Feb Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX [HW ]
12 Feb Quiet [miriam ]
11 Feb Bathtime for the Divas [Nancy L Newfield ]
11 Feb Re: Fw: SET HUMNET-L [Nancy L Newfield ]
11 Feb Fw: SET HUMNET-L [e-womack ]
1 Feb Re: FW: Heart of Louisiana [Fox 8 News] [Paul and Joan Bonnington ]
1 Feb FW: Heart of Louisiana [Fox 8 News] [Tom Trenchard ]
1 Feb Divas [Nancy L Newfield ]
26 Jan A good winter in west Houston for hummers [Susan Orwig ]
25 Jan Humminbirds thriving in Dickinson TX [Jane Murtishaw Lindsey ]
25 Jan No Subject [Wild Birds Unlimited ]
25 Jan Re: Calliope Hummingbird [dot burge ]
25 Jan Calliope Hummingbird ["David J. L'Hoste" ]
20 Jan Fw: selasphorus in Metairie [james anselmo ]
18 Jan Rufous at Penn Mill Lakes [Tom Trenchard ]
17 Jan Rufous Hummingbird in Pearland - 1-16-2010 [Brad Lirette ]
14 Jan Re: : Allen's hummingbird placed in rehab center [Lanny Chambers ]
14 Jan : Allen's hummingbird placed in rehab center [jwnix ]
13 Jan Re: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds" [Cathie Hutcheson ]
13 Jan Banding with Nancy Newfield 1/12/2010 [Beth Maniscalco ]
12 Jan Re: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds" [Maurice Duvic ]
12 Jan Re: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds" [Maurice Duvic ]
12 Jan Re: Question spawned from the PBS program [Keith Saylor ]
12 Jan FO Rufous [Charlotte Seidenberg ]
11 Jan Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds" [Lanny Chambers ]
11 Jan Vegetation Report from Thibodaux and Question [Beth Maniscalco ]
11 Jan Re: Hooray for Van & Nancy [Bob Sargent ]
11 Jan Re: Hooray for Van & Nancy [Dennis K Demcheck ]
11 Jan Re: Question spawned from the PBS program ["Ingold, James" ]
11 Jan Re: Question spawned from the PBS program [DAVID KOCH ]
11 Jan Re: Question spawned from the PBS program ["Allen T. Chartier" ]
11 Jan Question spawned from the PBS program [DAVID KOCH ]
11 Jan LA Western Winter Hummingbird Weekly Report # 19 (1/11/2009) [Kevin Morgan ]

Subject: lizard attack video
From: Sandra Lewis <s76lewis AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:03:02 -0500
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5495849
A different video of Phoebe, Allens female hummer of so. Orange cty, California
Chat is difficult today because of too many people.  

Sandy Lewis
Sulphur, Louisiana
Subject: Re: 2009/2010 Winter Season
From: Cindy Macolini <cindymacolini1 AT COX.NET>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:41:56 -0500
We had a few Rufous all winter along with a Buff-bellied. The Buffy is  
still here and I saw the first male Ruby-throated about a week ago.  
Also had visits from a couple Rufous sporting paint dots on their  
heads. Imagine they were birds Nancy banded in Carol Foil's yard.

Cindy Macolini
Baton Rouge, LA
Subject: Second round banding results
From: vcvance AT AOL.COM
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:50:36 -0400
 Nancy Newfield and Kevin Morgan kindly did "round two" banding in my garden 
last weekend. Six female rufous were captured with five of them being returnees 
with only one new band being attached that day. 


The highlight was the recapture of "Challenger" who was first banded here 
January 17, 2004 as an ASY. She was recaptured in 2006, 2007 and 2009. Banding 
wasn't done here in 2008 and in 2005 there was one very elusive female that 
would not go into the trap which could have been her. I'm really pleased that 
"the old girl" has been coming back here since first being banded six years ago 
and hope she will make it back next year. 


The other four returnees were banded in 2007 (2) and 2009 (2). I've now had a 
total of five species, but generally have more female rufous than anything 
else. No ruby-throateds spotted yet. 


Vicki Vance 
Baton Rouge, LA
Subject: Re: Male Ruby Throat in Covington
From: "whitegables AT juno.com" <whitegables@JUNO.COM>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:55:51 GMT
Me, too, at least on the ruby throat! My husband just called out that there was 
a male ruby throat investigating a red camellia blooming outside the window! I 
quickly resurrected a feeder, as our long, cold winter has destroyed all nectar 
plants. This is very late for a first sighting of a ruby throat here in north 
central FL. 


Jill Reed
Micanopy, FL
Marion County

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Al and Yvonne 
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Male Ruby Throat in Covington
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:43:42 -0600

Hooray,
We saw our first male Ruby Throat a few minutes ago.  The Rufous female 
is still here, too, so we'll have plenty of hummer sounds to enjoy on 
this beautiful spring day.
Yvonne and Al Bordelon
Covington, LA
St. Tammany Parish
Subject: Male Ruby Throat in Covington
From: Al and Yvonne <humbirdhill AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:43:42 -0600
Hooray,
We saw our first male Ruby Throat a few minutes ago.  The Rufous female 
is still here, too, so we'll have plenty of hummer sounds to enjoy on 
this beautiful spring day.
Yvonne and Al Bordelon
Covington, LA
St. Tammany Parish
Subject: First Gueydan Ruby-throat
From: Elizabeth Guidry <lizg52 AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:02:34 -0600
I saw my first male ruby throat of this season today.

Elizabeth Guidry
Gueydan, in southwest Louisiana, northwest Vermilion Parish
Subject: RTHU- Avery Island
From: jwnix <jwnix AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:17 -0600
quick glimpse of male RTHU at feeder this morning......last one I saw here was 
Feb 9. 


josephine
avery island, la
Subject: Re: 2009/2010 Winter Season
From: Noel <pplace AT CHARTER.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:09:53 -0600
I had a normal year for my yard in Slidell...a couple of rufous, a couple of 
calliope and one short stay buff-belly. 


An update....Ms.Pink the adult female rufous who has been the first winter bird 
to arrive in Louisiana for the past two years, was still at the feeders this 
morning. This season was her earliest arrival date, July 30. She however does 
not like the male rubythroats who first appeared this week on Tuesday, 3/9. She 
will be gone soon. 


Noel Peyton
Slidell, LA
Subject: Re: 2009/2010 Winter Season
From: Margaret <mo AT FASTBAND.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:48:06 -0600
James,

I too, had a very slow winter Hummer season. I only had a female Rufous ( 
not a steady customer-think she spent the winter at a friend's house 1 block 
away) and a returnee male Rufous and an other male Rufous. May have had a 
Blackchin, but not confirmed. Saw my first male Rubythroat the other day so 
hopefully, things are looking up. Was a very depressing winter without the 
sounds of our usual winter Hummers.

I have been blessed with 8 species over the past 15 years. One year I had 32 
winter Hummingbirds. The hard freeze this year has taken a toll on my 
gardens. I know most of it will come back, but looking at the burned brown 
for the past 2 months has not been fun. I don't think that had anything to 
do with the low numbers this year. I think birds all over the world are 
being pushed out of their habitat by progress. Even the Purple Martins are 
just coming in the last two days. Usually by now I have a dozen or more. I 
have four houses for them.

Hope you have  "Rubythroat" filled spring.

Margaret Owens
Covington, LA

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From: "James Abbott" 
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:55 PM
To: 
Subject: [HUMNET-L] 2009/2010 Winter Season

> All,
>
> Yes, the season is coming to an end, and at least from my garden, it was 
> very slow.  With seven species noted over the past nine years, I know I've 
> been blessed.  This year, however, I had a single female Ruby-throated in 
> residence who was often silent, but with occasional vocalizations, she 
> made me think that other birds were at times there.  My routine with 
> plenty of feeders was consistent, and prior to the severe freezes we had, 
> I had more nectar producing flowers than ever.  It makes me think that 
> there were simply not as many birds in my general area this year.
>
> I'd enjoy knowing what others have to say about their numbers.
>
> Expecting to see a male Ruby-throated this weekend,
>
> James Abbott
> Baton Rouge, LA
>
>
>
Subject: 2009/2010 Winter Season
From: James Abbott <jabbott27 AT COX.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:55:27 -0500
All,

Yes, the season is coming to an end, and at least from my garden, it was very 
slow. With seven species noted over the past nine years, I know I've been 
blessed. This year, however, I had a single female Ruby-throated in residence 
who was often silent, but with occasional vocalizations, she made me think that 
other birds were at times there. My routine with plenty of feeders was 
consistent, and prior to the severe freezes we had, I had more nectar producing 
flowers than ever. It makes me think that there were simply not as many birds 
in my general area this year. 


I'd enjoy knowing what others have to say about their numbers.

Expecting to see a male Ruby-throated this weekend,

James Abbott
Baton Rouge, LA
Subject: Apologies
From: Tom Trenchard <trench19 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:32:38 -0600
Apologies to the group... I sent a private email to the group instead

of Nancy in error.

 

Tom T.

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Penn Mill Lakes Subdivision
Covington/Lake Ramsey Area
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Subject: Re: First Migrant Male Ruby-throated
From: Tom Trenchard <trench19 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:31:43 -0600
Hi, Nancy,

 

Congrats on your first spring migrant Ruby-throated!

 

I wish I could report the same, but I cannot.  I've been

watching my yard for a number of hours today, plus

while doing a little gardening (weeding).  Nada.

 

Will keep you posted.

 

Tom

 

PS:  If I'm not on a birding trip tomorrow, I'm going

to try to run to Amazing Grace's Nursery to get a 

few hummer plants to get started.  Hope they have

something decent.   --T.


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> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:13 -0600
> From: nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET
> Subject: [HUMNET-L] First Migrant Male Ruby-throated
> To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
> 
> Howdy Y'All,
> 
> Reported earlier today that I had not yet seen a 
> migrant Ruby-throated. So, now, the first one is 
> here. I just observed a gorgeous adult male 
> nectaring on Aloe 'Blue Elf'. He attempted to 
> use a couple of feeders but was chased by one of 
> the winter resident Ruby-throateds and one of the 
> winter resident Rufous. He won't likely stay long. They never do.
> 
> NLN
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Nancy L Newfield
> Casa Colibrí
> Metairie, Louisiana USA
> nancy AT casacolibri.net
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Subject: First Migrant Male Ruby-throated
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:10:13 -0600
Howdy Y'All,

Reported earlier today that I had not yet seen a 
migrant Ruby-throated.  So, now, the first one is 
here.  I just observed a gorgeous adult male 
nectaring on Aloe 'Blue Elf'.  He attempted to 
use a couple of feeders but was chased by one of 
the winter resident Ruby-throateds and one of the 
winter resident Rufous.  He won't likely stay long.  They never do.

NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subject: Restless Wings
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:19:23 -0600
Mornin' Humnet,

The winter season is winding down rapidly.  As 
I'd suspected, Jezebel [adult female] departed 
last weekend.  Two young female Rufous [Annie and 
Blanca] are still here though both have lost 
their color-marks and neither is using the 
feeders regularly.  I see lots of bug-hunting.

Two young Ruby-throateds [male and female] are 
also still around though both have retained their 
colors from last November.  The male, once the 
terror of the back yard, now spends most of his 
time on the west side or in the front.  The 
female defends a territory for the early morning 
hours, but then, she becomes scarce.

Buffy still makes herself known in the early 
morning, and I can usually find her on the east 
side, if I go looking for her.  Over all though, 
the yard is much quieter than it was a couple of weeks ago.

'Real' birds are also slacking off the 
feeders.  American Goldfinches have wandered off 
and even the ubiquitous Mourning Doves are eating 
less of the sunflower seed.  Although we may have 
some cool weather ahead, I sense that spring is 
breaking out and all the birds know what they have to do.

Have not yet seen the first migrant Ruby-throated.

NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subject: Sunday Mitchell
From: "Sunday A." <sunday30 AT CHARTER.NET>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:49:08 -0600
First Ruby arrival yesterday on front porch feeder..The Black-Chinned is 
feeding with gusto and rolly polly in the figure department migration should be 
any day now.. 

Sunday Mitchell
West Slidell,  Louisiana
Subject: Re: First Rubythroat
From: Beth Maniscalco <Beth.Maniscalco AT NICHOLLS.EDU>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:45:06 -0600
Hi, Humnetters and Labirders:

Not as efficient as Tracey, with first arrival dates all in a row, but we had 
our first adult male Ruby-throated here at the feeders this morning. 


Only things blooming are winter honeysuckle and coral honeysuckle (and sweet 
olive!), but no irises or anything else hummer enticing 'CAUSE IT'S ALL DEAD! 


Good birding,
Beth Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(Approx. 60 miles SW of New Olreans)
Subject: First Rubythroat
From: Tracey Banowetz <banowetz AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:43:12 -0600
Despite the delay in the arrival of spring, the first adult male  
rubythroat hummingbird showed up at a feeder in my garden yesterday,  
pretty much on schedule.  For comparison, previous first sightings  
since we've lived here are as follows:

2001 - March 7
2002 - March 15
2003 - March 8
2004 - March 10
2005 - March 12
2006 - March 12
2007 - March 11
2008 - March 9
2009 - March 7

I have to say that given the delayed arrival of spring this year, I  
was a bit surprised to see him.  Flowers are not yet open on the red  
buckeye and I haven't heard or seen any parulas yet.  Both usually  
preceed the hummers by a couple of days.

Kind regards,
Tracey Banowetz
Weyanoke, LA
northern West Feliciana Parish
Subject: FW: eBird Report - New Orleans - Pratt Dr , 3/7/10
From: Tom Trenchard <trench19 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:42:55 -0600
Humnetters,

 

New species for a friend's yard in the Gentilly area

of New Orleans (Pratt Drive)... Rufous Hummingbird.

First spotted by the homeowner and me yesterday

afternoon.  Nancy and company visited this morning,

and caught the bird rather quickly; confirmed the ID.

 

There is a possible additional hummer as well, but 

we haven't be able to be sure... yet!

 

Tom T.

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Penn Mill Lakes Subdivision
Covington/Lake Ramsey Area
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Subject: Rufous Finally Banded
From: Al and Yvonne <humbirdhill AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:23:40 -0600
Hi All,
Linda and I finally were able to coordinate our schedules to set up a 
banding session on Feb. 21st.  I took lots of photos and decided to 
write a lens called Banding a Hummingbird ( 
http://www.squidoo.com/hummingbird-banding ) about it.  I thought it 
would be educational for the uninformed and that even the experts may 
enjoy it.  Any feedback would be appreciated.

The female Rufous is still around, but we keep having to fill up the 
feeders because the honeybees are constantly draining them. 
Yvonne and Al Bordelon
Covington, LA (St. Tammany Parish)
Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans
Subject: 2 Rufous banded in Paulina, LA
From: Celeste Louque <cdlouque AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:53:15 -0800
Dear Humnetters and Labirders,
March 4, 2010 Mrs. Nancy Newfield and her assistant, Joan Garvey, set up shop 
to band my wintering hummers. She arrived at my place around 2:30 p.m. in 
Paulina, LA. We have had an adult male and a juvenile since November. At 
arrival we took down all feeders and were able to set the cage on the window 
box seen from my living room. Mrs. Nancy waited patiently with her automatic 
clicker as we enjoyed their company. Within 30 minutes the first bird was 
caught. At examination it was determined that this was a juvenile male Rufous 
probably born this season. He had no fat deposits and will probably be hanging 
around for a little while longer. He was measured, weighed (3.4 g) and marked 
with yellow “warrior paintâ€. My mom, Amanda Doucet was here for her first 
time banding session so Mrs. Nancy graciously released him on her hand. We 
agreed to name this little fellow, Irvin Jr. after my son who has helped Mrs. 
Nancy with banding several times. Next we saw 

 the yet to be identified bird sitting in our Satsuma tree patiently waiting 
to have its feeder back. Well, I guess it didn’t know that we were more 
patient than it was. After what seemed like a very long wait, it finally gave 
in and went in the trap. It was an adult female Rufous. She was examined, 
weighed (3.7g), marked with pink “warrior paintâ€, released and named Amanda 
(after my mom)! She had some fat deposits but will be packing on a lot more 
before migrating on to the northwest. We waited a while longer with no more 
hits. So the cage was moved to the front yard window box outside the kitchen 
window (the adult male’s favorite feeding spot). No luck, though. We caught 
Amanda one more time and, after releasing her, we closed up shop for the day at 
around 6:00 p.m.  Thank you Mrs. Nancy and Mrs. Joan for an exciting 
afternoon and our first hummingbird banding!!!!  The adult male may have moved 
on since he was last seen on February 

 27, 2010. 
Celeste Louque 
Paulina, Louisiana
 
Subject: Mississippi Rufous in Louisiana
From: Dave Patton <wdpatton AT COX.NET>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:15:40 -0600
    I banded hummingbirds this past weekend at the home of Donna Dittmann
and Steve Cardiff, and at the home of Van Remsen. They live about 1/4 mile
apart and both put out LOTS of hummingbirds feeders during the winter. I
band at Donna's every winter about this time and she usually has a nice mix
of species with Calliope almost always. Almost because this is the first
winter in a long time without one. This year she made up for it with
Ruby-throated. I usually tell people we get a few winter Ruby-throats, but
they are not that common. This year at Donna's we caught a return
Black-chinned, return Rufous, and 1 adult Ruby-throated, and 7 immature
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Van had been telling me about a banded Rufous that he was wintering and
invited me to try and catch it when in the area. It was most likely a bird
banded at Donna's a previous winter that moved down the street. I stopped by
around noon and set up traps. We caught the Rufous, as well as a
Buff-bellied, and 2 more Ruby-throated. The Rufous was not one I had banded.
Fellow bander James Bell banded her in December of 2006, in Van Cleave,
Mississippi, as an adult female. This means she is at least 4 1/2 years old.
Her wing molt was almost complete and she was putting on fat for migration.
We got her just in time.

Dave Patton
Lafayette, LA
Subject: Changes in the Cast
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:01:39 -0600
Howdy Humnuts,

Though the calendar tells me it is March, winter 
seems very reluctant to release its icy grip on 
southern Louisiana this year.  Still, I know that 
spring really is right around the corner and the 
winter hummingbird season will soon be over.

I can't complain.  It has been a satisfying 
season here at Casa Colibrí.  Five of the six 
current cast members have been in residence since 
Thanksgiving or before.  All have been faithful to their assigned rôles.

Each morning that I am not out banding, I get out 
the spread sheet and tally up the players as soon 
as they begin appearing, usually before it is 
light enough to distinguish their 
color-marks.  Buffy lost her yellow spot last 
Thursday, but she seldom strays far from the deck in back.

In late January, white-marked Blanca, a young 
female Rufous, created a new rôle for herself by 
displacing Esmeralda, a green-marked female 
Ruby-throated.  Yellow-marked young female 
Rufous, Annie, was also pushed out of the 
way.  Like a dowager queen, pink-marked, elder 
female Jezebel holds court from a dead Salvia 
stalk on the deck or from the last surviving 
remnants of Ugly Shrimp Plant right off the 
deck.  No one dares to violate her personal space.

Poor Sparky2 [white-marked, young male 
Ruby-throated], once lord of the winter hummers 
at Casa Colibrí, is now relegated to a bit part 
in the front yard.  Nevertheless, several times 
each day, he pokes his bill around back to see if 
the coast might be clear.  It never is.  He is 
always met with harsh criticism from every member of the committee of divas.

This morning, the setting was different - 
alarmingly so.  Jezebel was nowhere to be 
found.  Instead, nervy Blanca had usurped the 
throne.  I knew she would not be permitted to 
have that favored Salvia stalk if Jezebel was 
anywhere around.  The upstart understudy had 
stolen a meaty part from the aging star.

An hour passed.  Then another hour went by.  Jezebel must have departed.

Alas, around 15:30, I heard some additional 
squabbling.  I looked out and Jezebel was in her 
accustomed spot, looking every bit the regal 
personage she has always looked.  Pouting, Blanca 
sat on a dummy cage in the far end of the backyard, her usual place.

It would be easy to console myself by saying 
'all's well, now.'  However, I know that Jezebel 
will be gone in the next few days.  She was just 
out exploring the neighborhood this time.  Next 
time, she might be calling to her friends in 
Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia.  The 
times they are a-changin' as is the cast of the Casa Colibrí Players.

NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
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Subject: Re: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: HW <howilliams AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 18:09:23 -0600
Carrie wrote;

> Howard, you'll have to excuse me, I'm a bit behind at the moment.  I just
> looked at your Rufus and have to tell you a story.
> My daughter lives in Henderson NV. and I knew she was getting hummingbirds
> because when I'd be talking to her on the phone, she would occasionally
> mention that there was a hummingbird flitting around in her plants.
> I'd send her beautiful hummingbird feeders but she refused to hang them
> because she said it was so windy she didn't want them to fall and break.
> Sounded like an excuse to me!
> This went on for a couple of years and finally one day last summer we were
> talking and she suddenly said, "There goes one of those ugly brown
> hummingbirds!"  I nearly fell right out of my chair! I was pretty sure it
> was a Rufus. But being brought up in Ohio, all she'd ever seen before were
> the Rubies!!  I'm still not sure I've convinced her yet that she's really
> blessed and ought to be enjoying these little brown birds that I covet like
> gold! So keep sharing those 'hummer' pic's Howard, I think they're very
> neat!
> Carrie

Carrie, Humnet,

The immature male Rufous that showed during the snowfall a week ago is still
hanging around (the adult male paid one visit, got his picture taken, then
was gone). The reason I know the immature male is the same bird from a week
ago is the presence of a few strategically placed gorget feathers in the
middle and on the left side of its throat. A couple more pictures, the
middle one from Feb. 27th and the last one taken this afternoon (gorget
feathers easily seen);

http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/RufousHummingbird22310#

Now, Carrie, regarding your daughters comments about "ugly brown
hummingbirds", I've gone back and looked at the Rufous photographs I've
taken over the past few years and, strangely, I can't find "ugly" on them
anywhere ;). In fairness, not all hummingbirds can be Purple-throated
Mountain-gems or Tufted Coquettes. When Rufous show up in my yard (which
isn't that often) I appreciate when the sun hits them and they look like
flying orange light bulbs. Nice contrast to the Black-chinned and
Ruby-throated that make up 98% of the hummingbirds I observe.

Oh yeah, I'm also not inclined to describe hummingbirds as "cute" or
"adorable" either. I consider them to be fascinating wild animals worth
observing and photographing on occasion.

One plant note: The coral honeysuckle I planted last fall has been itching
to bloom for about a month. Intermittent freezes keep knocking it back.
Looks like upcoming weather will allow the blooms to finally mature. Just in
time for arriving Black-chins.

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs, TX
Subject: Re: Winter Hummingbird Season
From: e-womack <e-womack AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:24:35 -0600
Good work, Brent.  Love the senior citizens.
Ellie Womack
Grove, OK



We just completed our 15th year of winter hummingbird banding (1 Nov thru 28 
Feb) at my banding station near Raisin, TX.

We ended up with 113 individuals from 7 species.  This was our 4th best 
tally and much better than the last two winters.  We experienced a 
relatively large over-wintering of Ruby-throats this season which is very 
unusual for our area.  Buff-bellies were still the most abundant hummer at 
47 which is a little below average.  Black-chins, Rufous and Allen's 
occurred in below average numbers and we had the normal number of 
Broad-tailed and Calliope.  47 of the 113 hummers were birds returning from 
previous years which is about the norm for the site in high and low hummer 
winters.

We over-wintered an 8 year old Black-chinned and a 7 year old Buff-bellied.

Looking forward to spring movement of birds.  We only caught 2 new birds for 
the season in February and they were Rufous.



Bron Rorex assited with most of the banding sessions.





Brent Ortego

near Raisin, TX

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Subject: Winter Hummingbird Season
From: Brent Ortego <brentortego AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:14:31 -0600
We just completed our 15th year of winter hummingbird banding (1 Nov thru 28 
Feb) at my banding station near Raisin, TX. 


 

We ended up with 113 individuals from 7 species. This was our 4th best tally 
and much better than the last two winters. We experienced a relatively large 
over-wintering of Ruby-throats this season which is very unusual for our area. 
Buff-bellies were still the most abundant hummer at 47 which is a little below 
average. Black-chins, Rufous and Allen's occurred in below average numbers and 
we had the normal number of Broad-tailed and Calliope. 47 of the 113 hummers 
were birds returning from previous years which is about the norm for the site 
in high and low hummer winters. 


 

We over-wintered an 8 year old Black-chinned and a 7 year old Buff-bellied.

 

Looking forward to spring movement of birds. We only caught 2 new birds for the 
season in February and they were Rufous. 


 

Bron Rorex assited with most of the banding sessions.

 

 

Brent Ortego

near Raisin, TX
 		 	   		  
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Subject: Friendly hummers
From: Susan Orwig <s.orwig AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:22:31 -0800
Hi, everyone.

Last week I was watching a Calliope outside my window on the feeder when 
another hummer, a young Rufous joined him.  They sat for awhile together and 
drank.  I have never seen this with winter hummers, so I thought it was pretty 
cool.  I have up loads of feeders so there is not much competition for them 


Susan Orwig
Houston. Tx

P.S.  My giant timber bamboo got hit very hard by the freeze but Alphonse Karr 
came through with no effects.  Does anyone know if the Oldhamii will recover? 


--- On Thu, 2/25/10, Nancy L Newfield  wrote:

From: Nancy L Newfield 
Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 4:27 PM

Carrie et al.,

At 09:25 AM 2/25/2010, Carrie Hampton wrote:

> Howard, you'll have to excuse me, I'm a bit behind at the moment.  I just 
looked at your Rufus and have to tell you a story. 

> My daughter lives in Henderson NV. and I knew she was getting hummingbirds 
because when I'd be talking to her on the phone, she would occasionally mention 
that there was a hummingbird flitting around in her plants. 

> I'd send her beautiful hummingbird feeders but she refused to hang them 
because she said it was so windy she didn't want them to fall and break. 
Sounded like an excuse to me! 

> This went on for a couple of years and finally one day last summer we were 
talking and she suddenly said, "There goes one of those ugly brown 
hummingbirds!"  I nearly fell right out of my chair! I was pretty sure it was a 
Rufus. But being brought up in Ohio, all she'd ever seen before were the 
Rubies!!  I'm still not sure I've convinced her yet that she's really blessed 
and ought to be enjoying these little brown birds that I covet like gold! So 
keep sharing those 'hummer' pic's Howard, I think they're very neat! 


There is no accounting for taste.  Years ago, I had an assistant who was in 
high school and so he still lived with his parents.  He planted for hummers and 
always attracted numerous winter visitors.  His mother complained bitterly 
about Buff-bellieds.  She said they were too noisy.  Since they are my 
favorites, I never could understand her animus! 


Another of my hosts refers to Black-chinneds as 'ugly little birds'!  That is 
the species that lured me into the world of hummer research.  They are 
beautiful to me! 


NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Nancy L Newfield
 Casa Colibrí
 Metairie, Louisiana USA
 nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subject: Hilton Pond 02/15/10 (Costa Rica Portfolio)
From: "Bill Hilton Jr." <hilton AT RUBYTHROAT.ORG>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:24:41 -0500
Really big hummingbirds, treetop monkeys, colorful flowers and fruits, lizards 
and snakes, and even a unusual Costa Rican election strategy. All this (and 
more) makes up Part Two of the report on our 2010 Operation RubyThroat 
hummingbird banding expedition to Guanacaste Province CR. To view our latest 
photo essay about all these tropical wonders, please visit the 15-21 February 
2010 installment of "This Week at Hilton Pond" at 
http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek100215.html . (NOTE: There are LOTS of 
images--46 to be exact--so the page may take a while to load!) 


While on-site, don't forget to scroll down to see what birds we banded or 
recaptured this week closer to home--you may be as amazed as we were by the age 
of one returning Chipping Sparrow--and to read some miscellaneous nature notes. 


Happy (Tropical) Nature Watching!

BILL

=========

OPERATION RUBYTHROAT: The Hummingbird Project
BILL HILTON JR., Principal Investigator
Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, 1432 DeVinney Road, York, 
South Carolina 29745 USA 

Voice: (803) 684-5852

Operation RubyThroat:The Hummingbird Project ( http://www.rubythroat.org ) is a 
cross-disciplinary international initiative in which students, teachers, and 
others collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). All worldwide rights reserved and 
copyrighted by Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History ( 
http://www.hiltonpond.org ). Contributions in support of the project may be 
made via Network for Good at 
http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_donateReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=56-2162170 


=============
Subject: Re: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:27:12 -0600
Carrie et al.,

At 09:25 AM 2/25/2010, Carrie Hampton wrote:

>Howard, you'll have to excuse me, I'm a bit 
>behind at the moment.  I just looked at your 
>Rufus and have to tell you a story.
>My daughter lives in Henderson NV. and I knew 
>she was getting hummingbirds because when I'd be 
>talking to her on the phone, she would 
>occasionally mention that there was a 
>hummingbird flitting around in her plants.
>I'd send her beautiful hummingbird feeders but 
>she refused to hang them because she said it was 
>so windy she didn't want them to fall and break. Sounded like an excuse to me!
>This went on for a couple of years and finally 
>one day last summer we were talking and she 
>suddenly said, "There goes one of those ugly 
>brown hummingbirds!"  I nearly fell right out of 
>my chair! I was pretty sure it was a Rufus. But 
>being brought up in Ohio, all she'd ever seen 
>before were the Rubies!!  I'm still not sure 
>I've convinced her yet that she's really blessed 
>and ought to be enjoying these little brown 
>birds that I covet like gold! So keep sharing 
>those 'hummer' pic's Howard, I think they're very neat!

There is no accounting for taste.  Years ago, I 
had an assistant who was in high school and so he 
still lived with his parents.  He planted for 
hummers and always attracted numerous winter 
visitors.  His mother complained bitterly about 
Buff-bellieds.  She said they were too 
noisy.  Since they are my favorites, I never could understand her animus!

Another of my hosts refers to Black-chinneds as 
'ugly little birds'!  That is the species that 
lured me into the world of hummer research.  They are beautiful to me!

NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subject: Re: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: Carrie Hampton <hampton5916 AT ROADRUNNER.COM>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:25:29 -0500
Howard, you'll have to excuse me, I'm a bit behind at the moment.  I just 
looked at your Rufus and have to tell you a story.
My daughter lives in Henderson NV. and I knew she was getting hummingbirds 
because when I'd be talking to her on the phone, she would occasionally 
mention that there was a hummingbird flitting around in her plants.
I'd send her beautiful hummingbird feeders but she refused to hang them 
because she said it was so windy she didn't want them to fall and break. 
Sounded like an excuse to me!
This went on for a couple of years and finally one day last summer we were 
talking and she suddenly said, "There goes one of those ugly brown 
hummingbirds!"  I nearly fell right out of my chair! I was pretty sure it 
was a Rufus. But being brought up in Ohio, all she'd ever seen before were 
the Rubies!!  I'm still not sure I've convinced her yet that she's really 
blessed and ought to be enjoying these little brown birds that I covet like 
gold! So keep sharing those 'hummer' pic's Howard, I think they're very 
neat!
Carrie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "HW" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:57 PM
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX


> Humnet,
>
> Two Rufous hummingbirds showed up during our winter weather here. I was 
> able
> to only get one photograph of the first visitor, an immature male Rufous I
> suspect;
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/RufousHummingbird22310#
>
> Then about an hour later I thought the same bird returned. But I noticed 
> the
> full gorget and realized a second bird had arrived, an adult male Rufous;
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/AdultMaleRufousHummingbird22310#
>
> We got a pretty good snow fall here. But it's warm enough that it's 
> melting
> as it falls. Downright balmy weather for these two guys.
>
> Howard Williams
> Dripping Springs, TX
Subject: FW: [HUMNET-L] Test
From: Dottie <yumyumkatts AT VOYAGER.NET>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:24:35 -0500
Thanks for responding to my test e-mail.   Yesterday I received a strange
looking e-mail telling me that my ISP was prohibiting Humnet posts.  

It looked so strange, I deleted it right away.  I was afraid to even send it
over to Humnet for questioning.   Sure can't be too careful now days.  Glad
all is OK.

Six more weeks and I should see my first hummer.

Dottie, Hickory Hollow
  Brown County, Indiana
     (50 miles south of Indianapolis)
Lat: 39.371N  Lon: 86.261W  Zone 5  Elevation:  680 ft


-----Original Message-----
From: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast
[mailto:HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dottie
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:17 PM
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Test

Are you getting this?  Thanks!

 

Dottie, Hickory Hollow
  Brown County, Indiana
     (50 miles south of Indianapolis)
Lat: 39.371N  Lon: 86.261W  Zone 5  Elevation:  680 ft
Subject: Re: Test
From: Gene Dettmann <gdett2 AT TAYLORTEL.NET>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:41:41 -0600
Yes

Gene Dettmann
http://www.taylortel.net/~gdett2/

-----Original Message-----
From: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast
[mailto:HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of Dottie
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:17 PM
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Test

Are you getting this?  Thanks!

 

Dottie, Hickory Hollow
  Brown County, Indiana
     (50 miles south of Indianapolis)
Lat: 39.371N  Lon: 86.261W  Zone 5  Elevation:  680 ft
Subject: Test
From: Dottie <yumyumkatts AT VOYAGER.NET>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:16:49 -0500
Are you getting this?  Thanks!

 

Dottie, Hickory Hollow
  Brown County, Indiana
     (50 miles south of Indianapolis)
Lat: 39.371N  Lon: 86.261W  Zone 5  Elevation:  680 ft
Subject: Allen's Hummingbird accepted
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:31:33 -0500
Hummer folks,

This is a little belated, as I've been running around doing non-hummingbird 
things recently. A couple weeks ago I was informed that the Ohio Bird Records 
Committee unanimously accepted my documentation of the Allen's Hummingbird in 
Holmes County as a first state record. 


Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
Subject: Two Rufous (snow birds) -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: HW <howilliams AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:57:39 -0600
Humnet,

Two Rufous hummingbirds showed up during our winter weather here. I was able
to only get one photograph of the first visitor, an immature male Rufous I
suspect;

http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/RufousHummingbird22310#

Then about an hour later I thought the same bird returned. But I noticed the
full gorget and realized a second bird had arrived, an adult male Rufous;

http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/AdultMaleRufousHummingbird22310#

We got a pretty good snow fall here. But it's warm enough that it's melting
as it falls. Downright balmy weather for these two guys.

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs, TX
Subject: Hilton Pond 01/26/10 (Costa Rica Hummingbirds)
From: "Bill Hilton Jr." <hilton AT RUBYTHROAT.ORG>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:07:56 -0500
We're especially pleased to announce the latest edition of "This Week at Hilton 
Pond" for two main reasons: 1) The installment includes a photo essay about our 
just-completed Ruby-throated Hummingbird expedition to Costa Rica, and 2) This 
posting marks the Tenth Anniversary of the debut of the Hilton Pond Web site 
and our "This Week" musings. Little did we know 'way back on Groundhog Day 2000 
we would have written and photographed 464 installments, with many more--we 
hope--still in the pipeline. 


We hope you've enjoyed our natural history offerings over the past decade and 
invite you to view our latest photo essay, complete with Neotropical images and 
day-to-day results of our latest Costa Rican hummer banding studies. It's all 
at http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek100126.html 


Next week we'll offer a portfolio with even more photos of exotic flora, fauna, 
and habitats seen on our most recent trip. 


Happy (Tropical) Nature Watching!

BILL

=========

OPERATION RUBYTHROAT: The Hummingbird Project
BILL HILTON JR., Principal Investigator
Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, 1432 DeVinney Road, York, 
South Carolina 29745 USA 

Voice: (803) 684-5852

Operation RubyThroat:The Hummingbird Project ( http://www.rubythroat.org ) is a 
cross-disciplinary international initiative in which students, teachers, and 
others collaborate to study behavior and distribution of the Ruby-throated 
Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). All worldwide rights reserved and 
copyrighted by Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History ( 
http://www.hiltonpond.org ). Contributions in support of the project may be 
made via Network for Good at 
http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_donateReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=56-2162170 


=============
Subject: Winter record from 1940
From: Carol Foil <clfoil225 AT COX.NET>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:28:54 -0500
Hey all,

I occasionally do card transcription for the USGS Phenology program
 https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bpp/BecomeAParticipant.cfm

I filter to only do Louisiana records (for my interest) and there is a lot of 
cool stuff in there. 


 A Miss Ava R. Tabor from Thibodaux was an early LOS member and active 
contributor of Louisiana migration records from Thibodaux, Grand Isle and 
Cameron. One I got to transcribe today was 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Dec. 24 and 26, Thibodaux, LA A Winter Record, she 
noted. 

Cool, or what?
Subject: Blac chinned hummingbird
From: George Drummond <gdrummond135 AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:02:48 +0000
I was watching a hummingbird at one of my feeders, (through binoculars), which 
I though was a Ruby throated. I kept wondering why the throat never shown red 
even though it was in bright light. Then all of the sudden I caught a glimpse 
of purple.  After looking at the books I have i decided it must be a male 
black chinned, the first I have ever seen. We did have a female here once. 




I would guess this is not very common here in Central Florida. 



I have other hummers here also, but I don't get very much time to watch them. 
This is the first year I have ever had feeders emptied.  There is one feeder 
which has been emptied several times. 




George Drummond 

Eustis, Florida
Subject: Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: Susan Orwig <s.orwig AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:15:46 -0800
I love your pictures, too.  Keep sharing!  I have been photographing today 
for the GBBC in my yard.  So far I have the Buffy, three Rufous, and the 
Calliope.  Hopefully, the Rubythroat will pose for the camera soon, now that 
the sun has arrived!  

I keep out lots of feeders year round, and it is a lot of work, but so 
rewarding to have the birds here for months at a time.  Even with all of the 
freezing weather there are still some good hiding places, like the viburnum 
hedges, the bamboo thickets, the magnolia, and the neighboring live oaks.  
Even a neighbor;s ligustrum that leans over my driveway is a prized habitat for 
one of the Rufous boys.  

I have a cousin that lives in the Drip.  I have always enjoyed the beauty of 
the area and her summer hummers are wonderful.  I will have to ask her if she 
keeps her feeders out during the winter. 


Susan Orwig

--- On Sat, 2/13/10, HW  wrote:

From: HW 
Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Date: Saturday, February 13, 2010, 12:31 PM

Susan wrote;

> Just curious, Howard, how many feeders do you maintain during the winter?�

> Susan Orwig
> Houston, Tx.


Susan, Humnet,

For the past three years I've maintained three feeders during winter. I work
from home and two of the feeders are easily viewed hanging from the eave of
my front porch just outside my office window. The other feeder is placed at
the corner of my garage wall that faces my small hummingbird garden and
fountain. All three feeders hang roughly on the southeast side of my house,
mostly shielded from cold north winds (still, they occasionally freeze). So
far I've only viewed one hummingbird visiting during the winter season at
any given time. But if two or more birds eventually show up at the same
time, there's more than one feeder to appease the masses (and I'd likely
hang a couple more). I keep my camera at the ready on my desk. So far I
haven't missed photographing a winter guest at my current location. But I
have to act quickly, they're sometimes here and gone in a single afternoon.

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs, Texas
Subject: Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: HW <howilliams AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:31:08 -0600
Susan wrote;

> Just curious, Howard, how many feeders do you maintain during the winter?�

> Susan Orwig
> Houston, Tx.


Susan, Humnet,

For the past three years I've maintained three feeders during winter. I work
from home and two of the feeders are easily viewed hanging from the eave of
my front porch just outside my office window. The other feeder is placed at
the corner of my garage wall that faces my small hummingbird garden and
fountain. All three feeders hang roughly on the southeast side of my house,
mostly shielded from cold north winds (still, they occasionally freeze). So
far I've only viewed one hummingbird visiting during the winter season at
any given time. But if two or more birds eventually show up at the same
time, there's more than one feeder to appease the masses (and I'd likely
hang a couple more). I keep my camera at the ready on my desk. So far I
haven't missed photographing a winter guest at my current location. But I
have to act quickly, they're sometimes here and gone in a single afternoon.

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs, Texas
Subject: Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: Susan Orwig <s.orwig AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:35:55 -0800
Just curious, Howard, how many feeders do you maintain during the winter?  

Susan Orwig
Houston, Tx.

--- On Fri, 2/12/10, HW  wrote:

From: HW 
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 12:15 PM

Hello Humnet,

An adult male Rufous showed up late this morning. During my lunch break I
was able to take a few photographs;

http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/MaleRufous21210#

In the fifteen years I've lived in Texas (and maintaining winter feeders
every year) this is only the second adult male Rufous I've observed at my
feeders. The first one was on August 1st of last year.

A nice way to start the 2010 season,

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs, Texas
Subject: Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: Bob Sargent <RubyThroat AT AOL.COM>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:01:56 EST
Howard
It's like living by the road and only people wanting directions stop to say 
 hello.  At least the coppery beauty of a Rufous allowed you to be  
photographed with your LOWLY camera. One day when we are all rich and famous we 

will buy good cameras.
 
Thanks for sharing this information amigo.
Bob
PS-Here at our home in central Alabama we woke up to about 3" of snow and a 
 low temp of near 20* F.  No new reports of hummers in my area.
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2010 10:16:55 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
howilliams AT GMAIL.COM writes:

Sir Bob  and other Royal Humnuts,

It's possible there's a band on this bird. But  after enlarging a few images
I can't be sure. These images were taken from  a good distance and heavily
cropped. The more I zoom in, the more the  resolution breaks down (I need a
new camera). Anybody have a 24 megapixel  full frame dslr they want to
unload? I'll put it to good use, cross my  heart...

The sun is supposed to be out tomorrow. I hope the bird hangs  around and
allows me more photo ops. But my domain seems to be more of a  quick refill
location than a long term holdover. No wintering birds stick  around here
very long at all. I'm always intrigued by reports of wintering  hummingbirds
showing up in late summer and eventually departing in early  spring. That's
never been my (limited) experience. But I'm open to  something different ;).

Black-chinned hummers show up in a few weeks.  I'm looking forward to these
'drab' beauties. Same as it ever  was.

Howard Williams
The Drip,  Texas
Subject: Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: HW <howilliams AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:16:43 -0600
Bob wrote;

>Howard and Humnetters

>Sir, do I detect a band just above the right foot? I was unable to
>enlarge the photos enough to be sure, but it does appear to be a band.
>Inquiring right-leg banders want to know.
>Take care all.
>Bob Sargent
>PS-We have 1.5 inches of snow at our home in central Alabama and the snow
>is still drifting down.

Sir Bob and other Royal Humnuts,

It's possible there's a band on this bird. But after enlarging a few images
I can't be sure. These images were taken from a good distance and heavily
cropped. The more I zoom in, the more the resolution breaks down (I need a
new camera). Anybody have a 24 megapixel full frame dslr they want to
unload? I'll put it to good use, cross my heart...

The sun is supposed to be out tomorrow. I hope the bird hangs around and
allows me more photo ops. But my domain seems to be more of a quick refill
location than a long term holdover. No wintering birds stick around here
very long at all. I'm always intrigued by reports of wintering hummingbirds
showing up in late summer and eventually departing in early spring. That's
never been my (limited) experience. But I'm open to something different ;).

Black-chinned hummers show up in a few weeks. I'm looking forward to these
'drab' beauties. Same as it ever was.

Howard Williams
The Drip, Texas

ps. enjoy the snow.
Subject: Re: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: Bob Sargent <RubyThroat AT AOL.COM>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:55:09 EST
Howard and Humnetters
Sir, do I detect a band just above the right foot?  I was unable to  
enlarge the photos enough to be sure, but it does appear to be a band. 
Inquiring 

right-leg banders want to know.
 
Take care all.
Bob Sargent
PS-We have 1.5 inches of snow at our home in central Alabama and the snow  
is still drifting down.
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/12/2010 12:15:21 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
howilliams AT GMAIL.COM writes:

Hello  Humnet,

An adult male Rufous showed up late this morning. During my  lunch break I
was able to take a few  photographs;

http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/MaleRufous21210#

In  the fifteen years I've lived in Texas (and maintaining winter feeders
every  year) this is only the second adult male Rufous I've observed at  my
feeders. The first one was on August 1st of last year.

A nice way  to start the 2010 season,

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs,  Texas
Subject: Adult male Rufous -- Dripping Springs, TX
From: HW <howilliams AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:15:03 -0600
Hello Humnet,

An adult male Rufous showed up late this morning. During my lunch break I
was able to take a few photographs;

http://picasaweb.google.com/howilliams/MaleRufous21210#

In the fifteen years I've lived in Texas (and maintaining winter feeders
every year) this is only the second adult male Rufous I've observed at my
feeders. The first one was on August 1st of last year.

A nice way to start the 2010 season,

Howard Williams
Dripping Springs, Texas
Subject: Quiet
From: miriam <athena_9 AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 06:44:40 -0600
Ellie, Nancy
 
Yeah, it's quiet around my yard, too.  This is the first early February in
recent memory that I've only had one hummer in the yard.  He's a doozy,
though.  An adult male multiple-year returnee Calliope that Nancy & krewe
banded a few wks ago!
 
MiriamLDavey
Subject: Bathtime for the Divas
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:36:41 -0600
Howdy Humnet,

It has been a cold and nasty winter here at Casa 
Colibrí.  Ordinarily, wintry weather is quite 
limited at this southern latitude, but this year, 
winter seems to go on forever.  As stage manager, 
casting director, caterer, and 'mother superior' 
of the Casa Colibrí Players, I go to great 
lengths to keep everyone happy.  However, the 
divas have resisted every attempt to mollify them.

Currently, 10 feeders are available so no hummer 
need go hungry.  Nevertheless, with 5 divas, 
quarrels and cat fights are the norm.  Sparky2, 
the lone male in the cast now prefers to stay in 
the front yard where he can easily control a 
single feeder if one of the girls tries to wrest 
it from his grip.  The divas mostly stay in back 
and they provide a lively show as I work at the computer.

The only time tranquility reigns is 
bathtime.  The girls aren't shy about showing off 
their 'assets' though not all of the little 
ladies bathes within my view.  I have two water 
features and Jezebel often uses both.  The 
largest water feature is a fiberglass fake rock 
waterfall with recirculating water.  There are 
three levels of water with the bottom being too 
deep for most birds.  Behind the waterfall, I 
have an iron trellis to which I've rigged a mister.

Jezebel likes to fly through the mist and then 
splash on the edge of the second level.  It is 
about 1/2 inch deep.  Pretty ingenue Blanca flies 
through the mist and then perches to preen.  This 
morning, she perched on the edge of the deep 
lower level and appeared to be drinking water.

The other water feature is a 1 1/2-inch deep 
plastic saucer with a water wiggler in it.  The 
water wiggler is a battery-operated agitator that 
keeps the fluid in constant motion.  I've placed 
a couple of flat rocks in it with water just 
covering them.  Jezebel has learned to perch on 
the rim of the dish so she can soak her tail 
feathers and the lower part of her body in 
water.  Despite today's cold temperatures, both divas bathed repeatedly.

Buffy doesn't seem to like getting her whole body 
wet so she bathes on leaves frequently.  This 
afternoon, she perched low on a dead Firespike 
stalk while friskily shaking her feathers in a 
light sleet.  Even on a frosty day like today, 
the divas can put their differences aside for the 
time it takes to shower.  Oh, the joys of hummerwatching!

NLN





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subject: Re: Fw: SET HUMNET-L
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:19:11 -0600
Ellie,

At 10:14 AM 2/11/2010, Ellie Womack wrote:

>I received this message, yet I have received no posts from Humnet-L.  Please
>advise.

Humnet has surely been quiet lately.  Have no 
fear though, I am currently working on a post - another one.

NLN

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:14:02 -0600
I received this message, yet I have received no posts from Humnet-L.  Please 
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Subject: Re: FW: Heart of Louisiana [Fox 8 News]
From: Paul and Joan Bonnington <pjbonn AT EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 17:16:38 -0600
I am guessing that people outside of the New Orleans area should be able to 
catch this segment at 
http://www.fox8live.com/content/news/heartoflouisiana/default.aspx by 
Wednesday (or whenever they update the web page), since it has videos from 
previous shows.
Joan Bonnington
Houston, Texas
Subject: FW: Heart of Louisiana [Fox 8 News]
From: Tom Trenchard <trench19 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 14:43:49 -0600
Humnetters and LaBirders,


On 10 January 2010, Nancy Newfield & her banding krewe worked with Dave 
McNamara of Fox 8 News in New Orleans to demonstrate the joys of winter 
hummingbird banding. It was about 20ºF when work started at the home of Stuart 
and Betty Lasseigne in LaPlace. That piece will air as part of the "Heart of 
Louisiana" series on the 9 PM News tomorrow, Tuesday, 2 February 2010. 


 

Tom T.

 

 

 

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Covington/Lake Ramsey

Northshore 


 
 		 	   		  
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Subject: Divas
From: Nancy L Newfield <nancy AT CASACOLIBRI.NET>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:57:58 -0600
Mornin' Humnetters,

Freezing temperatures in early January spoiled 
the natural nectar sources for the cast of the 
Casa Colibrí Winter Hummer Show.  Now everyone is 
resigned to eating fast food from several outlets 
placed around the stage.  Winter Honeysuckle and 
a tiny patch of surviving Ugly Shrimp Plant get 
good usage and Saturday, I watched Jezebel sample 
the grape jelly put out for Orange-crowned 
Warblers three times.  Aloe 'Blue Elf' has put up 
a flower spike that will soon permit some options for the health food hummers.

Recent changes in the cast assignments have 
created angst among the regular players.  One 
diva, Sage, an adult female Black-chinned, who 
had failed to win a major rôle moved on to 
another drama at an undisclosed venue.  She had 
been present since late November.

After the freeze, a young male Black-chinned, 
dubbed Dusty, became a regular member of the 
cast.  However, he apparently tired of the 
constant carping from the divas with major rôles and he has now moved on.

Another unsatisfied applicant was Greg, an 
immature male Ruby-throated, who also wearied of 
the squabbling.  He arrived the day after the 
freeze and he only stayed 11 days before moving 
to a smaller theater a little more than a mile 
from Casa Colibrí.  I hope he'll be happy there 
as there is no competition to get on his nerves.

After the departure of the two young guys, 
Blanca, a young female Rufous that had already 
molted into adult plumage, moved in and she 
carved out a place for herself among the regular 
cast members.  In fact, she displaced Annie, a 
young female Rufous that arrived Thanksgiving 
Day.  Annie has grudgingly moved to a quieter 
spot on the west side of the house.

Chilly temperatures over the weekend caused all 
the regular players to move closer to feeders and 
the din of angry trochilid voices filled the 
air.  I put out more feeders to keep everyone 
happy but that only made for more fighting as the 
dominant divas - Buffy, Jezebel, Annie, and 
Blanca - have tried to gain larger rôles.

Meanwhile the young male Ruby-throated, Sparky, 
seems to have tempered his approach and he mostly 
stays in the front yard where the divas do not 
have territories.  Young female Ruby-throated, 
Esmeralda, continues her understudy position, 
hoping one of the 'grand dames' will fracture a femur.

I'm having great fun with these birds of 
winter.  What do I miss when I am out 
banding?  Nevertheless, I am ever mindful that 
these birds are a gift and they will soon be 
departing for their natal homes and I will be 
left to wonder who will return next fall.

NLN




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Nancy L Newfield
  Casa Colibrí
  Metairie, Louisiana USA
  nancy AT casacolibri.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Subject: A good winter in west Houston for hummers
From: Susan Orwig <s.orwig AT SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:50:28 -0800
Hi, and go Saints!

This has been a thriving hummer winter here in Houston.  Currently there is a 
Buffy, a Calliope, four to six Rufous, and a Rubythroat female.  The insects 
are returning after our hard freeze and the compost provides plenty of gnats, 
so it seems that all is well.  Delphiniums are in bloom and a couple of potted 
salvias that I saved, also snapdragons.  And hurray for the abutilons.  While 
not yet in bloom they made it beautifully and should be back in flower soon. 


Susan Orwig
Houston, Tx
Subject: Humminbirds thriving in Dickinson TX
From: Jane Murtishaw Lindsey <jmurt AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:08:19 -0600
Susan Heath of GCBO has visited my yard in Dickinson twice this month.
First time on Jan. 10, she banded 2 female and one male Rufous HBs, plus 2
immature male Ruby-throated HBs.  The dots she added made it easy to spot
unbanded birds, and over the next week I photo'd 5 additional HBs - enticing
Sue to come back.

 

Jan. 24, Sue and her husband Tad re-caught 3 of the ones from Jan. 10 (one 3
times!) and caught and banded an additional immature male Ruby-throated and
a Broad-tailed HB - the first I know of in my yard.

 

This month was the first time for banding in my yard, and it was really,
really fun.

 

Jane Murtishaw Lindsey

Dickinson Texas
Subject: No Subject
From: Wild Birds Unlimited <must4wbu AT COX-INTERNET.COM>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:14:11 -0600
We had a very sassy Buff-belly show up this week.  He was fighting with a
chickadee this morning!  Dave banded Tuesday morning, Jan 19, and he wasn't
here then.  He'll have to confirm the sex of these birds but he captured a
Ruby-throat and re-captured (I believe) 4 Rufous-3 from last January (2009)
and 1 from September 2009.  We still have "green dot" and "purple dot" from
the December 2009 banding which did not allow us to recapture.  Plus the
Black-chins have "disappeared". 

 

Rose and Jack Must 

Wild Birds Unlimited

137 Arnould Boulevard

Lafayette  LA   70506

337-993-2473 or toll free 877-211-3418

must4wbu AT cox-internet.com

www.wbu.com/lafayette
Subject: Re: Calliope Hummingbird
From: dot burge <hummerb AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:45:58 -0600
I knew you'd get a kick out of this.  Everything in N.O. is referrences 
around the BALLGAME  whichever you're looking at now!!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. L'Hoste" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:41 AM
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Calliope Hummingbird


>A second year female Calliope Hummingbird was identified and banded by 
>Nancy Newfield in my yard during the Colts-Jets Game.
>
> Photos here:
> http://djlphoto.com/2010/1001/cahu.html
>
> -- 
> David J. L'Hoste
> Law Offices of David J. L'Hoste, LLC
> 400 Lafayette Street, Suite 150
> New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
> t  504.566.0056
> f  504.525.7213
> m  504.920.1505
>
Subject: Calliope Hummingbird
From: "David J. L'Hoste" <lhoste AT LHOSTELAW.COM>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:41:12 -0600
A second year female Calliope Hummingbird was identified and banded by 
Nancy Newfield in my yard during the Colts-Jets Game.

Photos here:
http://djlphoto.com/2010/1001/cahu.html

-- 
David J. L'Hoste
Law Offices of David J. L'Hoste, LLC
400 Lafayette Street, Suite 150
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
t  504.566.0056
f  504.525.7213
m  504.920.1505
Subject: Fw: selasphorus in Metairie
From: james anselmo <janselmo AT BELLSOUTH.NET>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:43:46 -0600
----- Original Message ----- 
From: joan garvey 
To: janselmo AT bellsouth.net 
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:32 AM
Subject: Fw: selasphorus in Metairie




      --- On Wed, 1/20/10, joan garvey  wrote:


        From: joan garvey 
        Subject: selasphorus in Metairie
        To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
        Cc: "Kevin" 
        Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 9:31 AM


 It's been a long, strange winter; but I'm finally hosting a selasphorus. Nancy 
Newfield believes the bird to be an immature male after looking over several 
photographs. While he is using a feeder; what else could he be using, his 
visits are sporadic so banding hasn't been a possibility. On top of that, I 
hate to look at him too hard for fear he'll leave. This bird is selasphorus #2 
for my yard. 


              Joan Garvey
              Metairie, LA
              1/15/10 FO
Subject: Rufous at Penn Mill Lakes
From: Tom Trenchard <trench19 AT HOTMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:52:11 -0600
Humnetters,

 

I'm glad to report that my one (only) adult female Rufous

was still hanging around as of today, Monday, 1/18/2010,

which is day #12.  She's far outlasted last year's stretch of

a mere 4 days.  Nancy's banding efforts did not faze her one

bit.  She can stay as long as she likes.

 

Tom T.

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Penn Mill Lakes Subdivision
Covington/Lake Ramsey Area
Martinville Quad Compiler



 		 	   		  
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Subject: Rufous Hummingbird in Pearland - 1-16-2010
From: Brad Lirette <lirettb AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:35:42 -0800
I have worked very hard the past 6 years on my yard in an eff
Humnuts,

I have worked very hard the past 6 years on my yard in an effort to attract a 
winter Hummingbird. 


My work was rewarded this past August when I finally added a second species 
(Selasphorus - R/A). 


On January 1st, I saw a young female rufous at my feeders and was thrilled.  I 
did manage a few photos. 


Today, as I was watching what I thought was "my" winter Rufous, I noticed that 
it was banded! 


After sorting through the pictures I can only make out the numbers 466, but 
realized this is a different hummingbird - looks like a really ratty adult 
female rufous.  


I am planning a bander to stop by in the next few weeks, it seems I may have 
more than one winter Rufous. 


I took a hiatus from banding in 2008/2009, but am now starting to get the itch 
again!  Especially since I would not have to drive far to band hummingbirds! 


Sincerely,

Brad Lirette
Pearland, Texas 
Subject: Re: : Allen's hummingbird placed in rehab center
From: Lanny Chambers <lannychambers AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:58:47 -0600
On Jan 14, 2010, at 19:50 , jwnix wrote:

> There are a couple of stories on this page, pictures  and a video  
> clip.....  story of Allens having been rescued in MA.  I wonder why  
> transport it all the way to CA, since we have some here in the  
> winter an would  be closer than CA


Josephine, you and the rest of Humnet need to know that this so- 
called rehabber is pathetically ignorant of hummingbirds and their  
natural history. She has an unfounded concept of their fragility-- 
everyone here knows how tough these little birds are. It's almost  
funny that she thought the hummer had diarrhea; I guess she doesn't  
know that healthy hummers squirt all the time, because they drink so  
much liquid.

Some of the real experts (not the ones she claims to have consulted)  
are attempting to get this poor bird set free again. It appears quite  
healthy and frisky in the video and has no further need of care, just  
the chance to get on with its life. It's a violation of the Migratory  
Bird Treaty Act to "rescue" a healthy bird, and some feel this  
unqualified woman's rehab permit should be revoked. Personally, I  
wonder if she'd just like to have a pet hummingbird, which of course  
is illegal.

No serious hummingbird researcher would advocate transporting a  
hummer to California, or anywhere else. We don't know the bird came  
from California in the first place, and if its internal compass told  
it to fly to Massachusetts, then that's exactly where it should be  
until it decides to leave under its own power. I would not be amused  
if, based on my ancestry, someone decided I must be sent to Britain,  
France, or Germany against my will.

Every migration includes natural experiments (just look at all the  
hummers in Louisiana that "should" be in Mexico). Some of them  
thrive, and that's how ranges expand as opportunities arise. Some  
don't, and their genes aren't passed to another generation; that's  
how natural selection works. It's not our business to herd wild birds  
into places we think they belong, or to save them from their own  
genetics.

I can't say much about the cold hardiness of Allen's as a species. I  
only have personal experience with one winter Allen's, which visited  
us during a week of sub-20-degree temperatures in 2008. We had to use  
a heat lamp day and night to keep the feeder thawed, but the bird  
never appeared stressed.

What's most disturbing is this rehabber blaming a trained and well- 
respected bander for causing the bird's problems, rather than admit  
and learn from her own mistakes. Now she's making up one "fact" after  
another, and the press is eating it up. Shame on her.


Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
lanny AT hummingbirds.net
Subject: : Allen's hummingbird placed in rehab center
From: jwnix <jwnix AT YAHOO.COM>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:50:50 -0600
On Jan 14, 2010, at 7:48 PM, eilu wrote:

There are a couple of stories on this page, pictures and a video clip..... 
story of Allens having been rescued in MA. I wonder why transport it all the 
way to CA, since we have some here in the winter an would be closer than CA 



http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100114/NEWS/1140321

Josephine

baton rouge
Subject: Re: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds"
From: Cathie Hutcheson <hutche AT SIU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:45:31 -0600
I believe Lanny is "Dude" Chambers.....

Cathie Hutcheson
Makanda, IL

On Jan122010, at 4:44 PM, Maurice Duvic wrote:

> Lanny:  As a result of my forwarding your email, I was asked if you  
> were related to Dude Chambers in St. Louis.  May I answer?
> Imagine there are a lot of "Chambers" around.
>
> Any news from New Orleans?   Do you keep in touch?
>
> I'm pushing 91 and slowing down a bit with several of the expected  
> ailments.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Vic
> Author
> Forty
> Missions
> Madison,MS
> jsb8 AT webtv.net
Subject: Banding with Nancy Newfield 1/12/2010
From: Beth Maniscalco <Beth.Maniscalco AT NICHOLLS.EDU>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:35:00 -0600
Labirders, Humnetters:

Although we've had a group of hummers present here for some time, we just never 
got motivated to contact Nancy for a banding visit. That is, until we watched 
Nature on Sunday night!!! Some motivation, huh? 


Well, Nancy came yesterday and we ended up trapping 11 birds! A banded 
Buff-bellied eluded us after willingly going into the cage, but managed to get 
away before being "bagged". Also, another selasphorus hummer (species 
questionable), stayed out of the traps. We ended up with ten Rufous hummers and 
one Black-chinned. 


Notable, the adult female Rufous, first observed on August 10, 2009, is a four 
year returnee. Originally banded here in January of 2007, she has been trapped 
here each year since. Her GPS is working well! Second banded bird, an adult 
male Rufous, first observed here September 1, 2009, was originally banded in 
January of 09. 


Another truly great day banding with Nancy Newfield!

Good birding,
Beth and Sammy Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA  
(Approx. 60 miles SW of New Orleans)
Subject: Re: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds"
From: Maurice Duvic <jsb8 AT WEBTV.NET>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:49:27 GMT
Sorry folks for my carelessness in punching "Reply." Of course, my email was 
meant for Lanny. 


Vic
Author
Forty
Missions
Madison,MS
jsb8 AT webtv.net
Subject: Re: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds"
From: Maurice Duvic <jsb8 AT WEBTV.NET>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:44:54 GMT
Lanny: As a result of my forwarding your email, I was asked if you were related 
to Dude Chambers in St. Louis. May I answer? 

Imagine there are a lot of "Chambers" around.

Any news from New Orleans?   Do you keep in touch?

I'm pushing 91 and slowing down a bit with several of the expected ailments.

Best regards,

Vic
Author
Forty
Missions
Madison,MS
jsb8 AT webtv.net
Subject: Re: Question spawned from the PBS program
From: Keith Saylor <kfsaylor AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:38:55 -0500
A few years ago a friend of mine shared with me his experience that nesting
birds in proximity to raptor nests "have reduced nest failure because
raptors do not hunt near their own nests." Since then I have been mindful of
his experience when observing nesting raptor species and other nesting
species close to raptor nests. Another reason close proximity to raptor
nests may reduce nest failure in other species nesting nearby is aggressive
defense of their territory by the raptors against other predators. That is,
raptors, like the northern goshawk, are relentless in defense of their
territory from predators, because of that, any passerines nesting in the
goshawk's territory benefit by default.

I have had experience with a female rubythroated nesting near goshawks and a
female hummingbird defending "her" sapsucker wellsite from a cooper's. In
the former case, I'm sure the goshawks would have preferred the female
rubythroated was not within their territory as she attacked them constantly
and relentlessly. In the latter case, I observed a cooper's hawk take two
juvenile and the adult female (over a period of days) from a sapsucker
wellsite. In each case, a female rubythroated just harassed the heck out the
cooper's that had intruded of her wellsite. The chattering and commotion she
made disoriented the copper's on one occasion and may have saved the life of
the adult male sapsucker!

All this is to suggest it may be the case that all birds nesting within the
territory of certain raptor species benefit through reduced nest failure by
predation.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:51 AM, DAVID KOCH  wrote:

> I'm doing a hummer program tonight here in cold, cold Pennsylvania and I
> know that someone will ask me if the "Cooper's hawk/hummers" connection also
> applies to rubythroated's. Quite honestly, I wasn't aware of this symbiotic,
> so to speak, relationship at all. Any comments welcome.
>  Arlene Koch
> Easton, PA
> Northampton County
> davilene AT verizon.net
>



-- 
Keith F. Saylor
1.517.388.0013
Subject: FO Rufous
From: Charlotte Seidenberg <c.seidenberg AT COX.NET>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:29:08 -0600
I took pictures (fuzzy) of what I thought was my buff-bellied hummingbird a
the back porch feeder.  When I looked more closely, I saw it wasn't the
buffy.   This explains why the buffy's been so fussy the past couple of
days.  

http://picasaweb.google.com/Charlotte.Seidenberg/2010Jan11SelasphorusHummer?
feat=directlink

#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad F (?)   FO 1/11/2010


Charlotte Seidenberg
New Orleans, LA 70115-1721
504-899-6973
c.seidenberg AT cox.net
charlotte.seidenberg AT gmail.com
Subject: Behind the Scenes of "Hummingbirds"
From: Lanny Chambers <lannychambers AT GMAIL.COM>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:32:05 -0600
Humnuts,

If you enjoyed Sunday's Nature show, you'll love this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjnc1kHMDDo&feature=player_embedded


Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
lanny AT hummingbirds.net
Subject: Vegetation Report from Thibodaux and Question
From: Beth Maniscalco <Beth.Maniscalco AT NICHOLLS.EDU>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:44:11 -0600
Labirders, Humnetters:

Whew, the freeze has done a number on almost everything in the yard, covered or 
uncovered. Hopefully the mulching has managed to stave off total loss of 
in-ground hummer attractants. Rosebud sage was the last to fry, along with 
winter "swimps", but it's under the cover of an oak tree. Abutilons are still 
fine, with blossoms, and that's the only thing that still does. Looks to me 
like Naylor's and Bantings are going to be getting some of our dollars in the 
spring. 


Also, of note to me, was the sight of the wintering Wilson's warbler at the 
hummer feeder. Has anyone noted this before? 


The lack of hummer plants should make it fairly easy for Madame Newfield to 
catch a few here tomorrow. I'll keep you posted. 


Beth (and Sammy) Maniscalco
Thibodaux, LA
(Approx. 60 miles SW of New Orleans)
Subject: Re: Hooray for Van & Nancy
From: Bob Sargent <RubyThroat AT AOL.COM>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:17:49 EST
Cat Man, Dr. V  and Humnetters.  
 
I did not look at the map, I did not read the comments by Dennis and I  
refuse to be drawn into this quagmire again.  I  did not have sex  with that 
woman........Oops, I got carried away.
 
I am still here "all along"  in Alabama if someone wishes to start  
throwing rocks again.  On second thought maybe that is not a good  idea.
 
For those new to Humnet, pretend that Dennis did not send this email and  
that you did not read it, or my response.  
 
Later guys.
Bob Sargent
Clay, Alabama  
 
 
In a message dated 1/11/2010 10:58:42 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
ddemchec AT USGS.GOV writes:

When I  saw the wacko map, I almost burst into tears.  A two-stage animated 
 
map no less! 
Ah the good ol' days...take-no-prisoners HAAs with fire  in their 
bellies...the oh-so-rational Northern Origins with their  sickening desire 
to compromise...
Wacko  just has to be  true:  otherwise it couldn't be mapped.

To the  barricades!
Dennis Demcheck
Baton Rouge,  LA
Subject: Re: Hooray for Van & Nancy
From: Dennis K Demcheck <ddemchec AT USGS.GOV>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:58:12 -0600
When I saw the wacko map, I almost burst into tears.  A two-stage animated 
map no less! 
Ah the good ol' days...take-no-prisoners HAAs with fire in their 
bellies...the oh-so-rational Northern Origins with their sickening desire 
to compromise...
Wacko  just has to be true:  otherwise it couldn't be mapped.

To the barricades!
Dennis Demcheck
Baton Rouge, LA




From:
Lanny Chambers 
To:
HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Date:
01/10/2010 08:33 PM
Subject:
Re: [HUMNET-L] Hooray for Van & Nancy
Sent by:
BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast 




On Jan 10, 2010, at 20:01 , Bill Hilton Jr. wrote:

> As expected, the hummingbird program this evening on PBS was 
> terrific. Ann Prum's videography was spectacular, and it was great 
> to see our esteemed Van Remsen and Nancy Newfield featured.

It was indeed, including a cameo appearance by the fabled 
Colibrimobile. Long-timers surely noted how Van counted glorious coup 
on the anti-Wacko brigade.

The show had fewer inaccuracies than I expected, principally the 
perpetuation of the 200-beats-per-second legend and the predictable 
overgeneralization of extremes. The maps would have been even more 
impressive had they shown the full ranges of Rufous and Ruby-throated 
(sorry, Canadians and Alaskans).

That's of little importance. What folks should and will remember are 
the breathtaking images of our special birds.


Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
lanny AT hummingbirds.net
Subject: Re: Question spawned from the PBS program
From: "Ingold, James" <James.Ingold AT LSUS.EDU>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:38:32 -0600
Greeney, H. F. and S. M. Wethington. 2009. Proximity of Active Accipiter Nests 
Reduces Nest Predation of Black-chinned Hummingbirds. The Wilson Journal of 
Ornithology 121(4):809-812. 


 

Title says it all. Nests that were more than 300 m from either an active 
Copper's Hawk or Northern Goshawk nest had lower nest success. Study was done 
at the American Museum of Natural History's Southwestern Research Center.


 
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From: BB for Hummingbirds and Gardening for them in the Southeast 
[mailto:HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU] On Behalf Of DAVID KOCH 

Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:36 AM
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] Question spawned from the PBS program

Thank you. I haven't caught up with that issue yet, obviously.
Allen, 

Thank you. I haven't caught up with that issue yet, obviously. Still makes me 
wonder, as you said, at all the things we don't know. 

 Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene AT verizon.net 




________________________________
From: Allen T. Chartier 
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 10:54:53 AM
Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] Question spawned from the PBS program

Arlene,

The Cooper's/Black-chin connection was just published a few months ago in The 
Auk (or Wilson Journal of Ornithology?), and as far as I know is the only one 
of its kind regarding hummingbirds. There's a lot more that we don't know than 
we do know... 


Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID KOCH" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:51 AM
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Question spawned from the PBS program


I'm doing a hummer program tonight here in cold, cold Pennsylvania and I know 
that someone will ask me if the "Cooper's hawk/hummers" connection also applies 
to rubythroated's. Quite honestly, I wasn't aware of this symbiotic, so to 
speak, relationship at all. Any comments welcome. 

Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene AT verizon.net
Subject: Re: Question spawned from the PBS program
From: DAVID KOCH <davilene AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:36:22 -0800
Thank you. I haven't caught up with that issue yet, obviously.
Allen, 

Thank you. I haven't caught up with that issue yet, obviously. Still makes me 
wonder, as you said, at all the things we don't know.   

 Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene AT verizon.net 




________________________________
From: Allen T. Chartier 
To: HUMNET-L AT LISTSERV.LSU.EDU
Sent: Mon, January 11, 2010 10:54:53 AM
Subject: Re: [HUMNET-L] Question spawned from the PBS program

Arlene,

The Cooper's/Black-chin connection was just published a few months ago in The 
Auk (or Wilson Journal of Ornithology?), and as far as I know is the only one 
of its kind regarding hummingbirds. There's a lot more that we don't know than 
we do know... 


Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID KOCH" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:51 AM
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Question spawned from the PBS program


I'm doing a hummer program tonight here in cold, cold Pennsylvania and I know 
that someone will ask me if the "Cooper's hawk/hummers" connection also applies 
to rubythroated's. Quite honestly, I wasn't aware of this symbiotic, so to 
speak, relationship at all. Any comments welcome. 

Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene AT verizon.net
Subject: Re: Question spawned from the PBS program
From: "Allen T. Chartier" <amazilia1 AT COMCAST.NET>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:54:53 -0500
Arlene,

The Cooper's/Black-chin connection was just published a few months ago in 
The Auk (or Wilson Journal of Ornithology?), and as far as I know is the 
only one of its kind regarding hummingbirds. There's a lot more that we 
don't know than we do know...

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1(at)comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAVID KOCH" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 10:51 AM
Subject: [HUMNET-L] Question spawned from the PBS program


I'm doing a hummer program tonight here in cold, cold Pennsylvania and I 
know that someone will ask me if the "Cooper's hawk/hummers" connection also 
applies to rubythroated's. Quite honestly, I wasn't aware of this symbiotic, 
so to speak, relationship at all. Any comments welcome.
Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene AT verizon.net
Subject: Question spawned from the PBS program
From: DAVID KOCH <davilene AT VERIZON.NET>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:51:48 -0800
I'm doing a hummer program tonight here in cold, cold Pennsylvania and I know 
that someone will ask me if the "Cooper's hawk/hummers" connection also applies 
to rubythroated's. Quite honestly, I wasn't aware of this symbiotic, so to 
speak, relationship at all. Any comments welcome.   

 Arlene Koch
Easton, PA
Northampton County
davilene AT verizon.net
Subject: LA Western Winter Hummingbird Weekly Report # 19 (1/11/2009)
From: Kevin Morgan <reports AT LAWINTERHUMMERS.COM>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:08:02 -0600
HUMNETters and LABIRDers: 

Louisiana birders, please report your winter hummer observations to me for
recording in our weekly report and database, providing the following
information:
Your name
Your address (town only is acceptable)
First observed (FO) date (or, if discovered while banding or marking other
birds, the date it was observed)
Species
Age (Adult, immature, unknown)
Sex (Male, female, unknown)
Whether banded, when and by whom.

If additional information is learned through further observation or banding,
please report those updates and I'll make the changes.

Also, please report the last observed (LO) date, if possible, when the bird
leaves. This you can do more easily when the hummer has been banded and
marked.

Please send your reports to me at reports AT lawinterhummers.com.

Good Birding y'all!

Kevin Morgan
Baton Rouge, LA


This is Louisiana Western Winter Hummingbird Weekly Report # 19 for the
2009-2010 season. Following are the reports received and added to our
database since report # 18 dated 12/27/2009 .

1.Matt Brooks, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 1/10/2010 (Shared with Jeff
Harris)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 1/9/2010
2.Joe Broussard, Abbeville, LA (Vermilion)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 12/29/2009
3.John Conover, Raceland, LA (Lafourche)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 1/1/2010
4.Miriam Davey, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 1/2/2010
5.Carol Foil, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 1/7/2010
     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Im  M  FO 1/2/2010
     #4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Im  F  FO 1/2/2010
6.Stuart and Betty Lasseigne, Laplace, LA (St. John the Baptist)
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Im  M  OBS 1/10/2010
     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  OBS 1/10/2010
     #2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  OBS 1/10/2010
     #3 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  OBS 1/10/2010
7.Paul & Peggy Maeder, Houma, LA (Terrebonne)
     #1 Archilochus sp.  FO 12/31/2009
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 12/31/2009
8.Kevin Morgan, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Im  F  FO 1/7/2010
     #3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Im  F  FO 1/9/2010
     #4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 1/9/2010
9.Jeanne Plaisance, Lafayette, LA (Lafayette)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Ad  F  FO 12/14/2009
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Ad  M  FO 12/21/2009
10.Robert & Shirley Seymour, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird  Im  F  FO 1/2/2010
11.Robert Sherman, Baton Rouge, LA (East Baton Rouge)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Allen's)  Im  M  FO 12/30/2009
12.Tom Sylvest, Gramercy, LA (St. James)
     #2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 1/2/2010
13.Thomas Trenchard, Covington, LA (St. Tammany)
     #1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous)  Ad  F  FO 1/7/2010 (Returnee
from 08-09)

  _____  

Summary of Reports as of 1/11/2010


Archilochus sp.
   1 report
   1 parish
   1 site

Black-chinned Hummingbird
   23 reports
   8 parishes
   19 sites

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
   2 reports
   2 parishes
   2 sites

Buff-bellied Hummingbird
   21 reports
   10 parishes
   17 sites

Calliope Hummingbird
   12 reports
   7 parishes
   10 sites

Green-breasted Mango
   1 report
   1 parish
   1 site

Selasphorus Rufous/Allens
   96 reports
   14 parishes
   52 sites

--Identified Rufous
   37 reports
   7 parishes
   24 sites

--Identified Allen's
   1 report
   1 parish
   1 site

  _____  

ARCHILOCHUS SP.

Terrebonne Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Paul & Peggy Maeder, Houma, LA
#1 Archilochus sp.  FO 12/31/2009 

  _____  

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD

Acadia Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Bonnie Ardoin, Eunice, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 9/27/2009 

Calcasieu Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Sandra Lewis, Sulphur, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 11/8/2009 

East Baton Rouge Parish:  10 reports  7 sites

1. Carol Foil, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 1/7/2010 

2. Miriam Davey, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 1/2/2010 

3. Joan LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/19/2009  ((Possible returnee)) 
#2 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/26/2009 

4. Sybil McDonald, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 11/6/2009 

5. Linda Knight, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 10/23/2009 

6. Jeff Harris, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 10/31/2009  LO 11/19/2009 
#2 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 11/26/2009  (Returnee from 07-08 and
08-09 seasons) 
#3 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 11/26/2009  (Returnee from 07-08 and
08-09 seasons) 

7. Matt Brooks, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 1/10/2010  (Shared with Jeff Harris)


Jefferson Parish:  5 reports  4 sites

1. Nancy Newfield, Metairie, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 11/30/2009 

2.  Wild-Grand Isle, Grand Isle, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Im  M  OBS 11/8/2009  (Sureway Woods - found
by David Muth) 

3. Dan Carroll, Metairie, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/31/2009  LO 11/4/2009 
#2 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 11/10/2009 

4. Craig & Lizette Wroten, Harahan, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Im  M  FO 11/6/2009 

Lafayette Parish:  2 reports  2 sites

1. Rose and Jack Must, Lafayette, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  OBS 12/16/2009  (Returnee from 08-09
season) 

2. Bill & Lydia Fontenot, Carencro, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Im  F  FO 11/28/2009  LO 12/8/2009 

St. James Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Tom Sylvest, Gramercy, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 12/8/2009 

St. Tammany Parish:  2 reports  2 sites

1. Linda Keefer, Covington, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  F  FO 11/27/2009 

2. Sunday Alcorn, Slidell, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 11/2/2009  (Returnee from 08-09
season) 

Vermilion Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Joe Broussard, Abbeville, LA
#1 Black-chinned Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 12/29/2009 

  _____  

BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD

East Baton Rouge Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Robert & Shirley Seymour, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird  Im  F  FO 1/2/2010 

St. John the Baptist Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Ronald Stein, Reserve, LA
#1 Broad-tailed Hummingbird  Im  M  FO 10/2/2009  LO 10/7/2009 

  _____  

BUFF-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD

Cameron Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Norman (Camp), Johnson's Bayou, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/24/2009 

East Baton Rouge Parish:  2 reports  2 sites

1. Joan LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 12/18/2009 

2. Josephine Nixon, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 11/5/2009 

Iberville Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Van Remsen, St. Gabriel, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 11/27/2009 

Jefferson Parish:  5 reports  3 sites

1. Nancy Newfield, Metairie, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 10/30/2009  (Returnee banded Jan
2008) 

2. Judy Fall, River Ridge, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  FO 8/11/2009  LO 8/23/2009 
#2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/18/2009 

3. Craig & Lizette Wroten, Harahan, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  FO 10/15/2009  (Returnee from 2008-2009
season) 
#2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 11/11/2009 

Lafayette Parish:  1 report  1 site

1.  Belle Rive Townhomes, Lafayette, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 11/2/2009 

Lafourche Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Beth & Sammy Maniscalco, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/15/2009  LO 10/15/2009 

Orleans Parish:  3 reports  3 sites

1. Charlotte Seidenberg, New Orleans, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/29/2009 

2. Leslee Reed, New Orleans, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  FO 12/5/2009 

3. Mimi Grisoli, New Orleans, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 10/16/2009 

St. John the Baptist Parish:  4 reports  2 sites

1. Gene & Edna Street, Laplace, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 9/18/2009 

2. Stuart and Betty Lasseigne, Laplace, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/24/2009 
#2 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  OBS 1/10/2010 
#3 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  OBS 1/10/2010 

St. Tammany Parish:  2 reports  2 sites

1. Linda Keefer, Covington, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  FO 11/27/2009 

2. Noel Peyton, Slidell, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 12/3/2009 

Vermilion Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Elizabeth Guidry, Gueydan, LA
#1 Buff-bellied Hummingbird  FO 8/18/2009 

  _____  

CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD

Calcasieu Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Sandra Lewis, Sulphur, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  FO 10/25/2009  LO 10/31/2009 

East Baton Rouge Parish:  3 reports  2 sites

1. Carol Foil, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 10/22/2009 

2. Miriam Davey, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 8/25/2009 
#2 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  F  FO 10/25/2009 

Iberia Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Mike Musumeche, New Iberia, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  F  FO 12/7/2009 

Iberville Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Van Remsen, St. Gabriel, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  F  FO 12/2/2009 

Lafayette Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Erik and Ceci Johnson, Milton, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  F  FO 12/2/2009 

St. John the Baptist Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Gene & Edna Street, Laplace, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Im  F  FO 12/11/2009 

St. Tammany Parish:  4 reports  3 sites

1. Harvey Patten, Covington, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Im  F  FO 11/14/2009 

2. Noel Peyton, Slidell, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 8/18/2009 
#2 Calliope Hummingbird  Im  M  FO 12/17/2009 

3. Claire Thomas, Mandeville, LA
#1 Calliope Hummingbird  Ad  M  FO 8/3/2009  LO 8/5/2009 

  _____  

GREEN-BREASTED MANGO

Caddo Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Kathy Johnson, Greenwood, LA
#1 Green-breasted Mango  Im  FO 8/20/2009  LO 8/20/2009 

  _____  

SELASPHORUS RUFOUS/ALLENS

Ascension Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Lynn Becnel, Donaldsonville, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/2/2009 

Cameron Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Wild-Peveto Woods, Peveto Woods, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/10/2009  (Obs. by Kevin Morgan, Jeff
Harris, Jacob Saucier, Jacob Cooper & Matt Pontiff) 

East Baton Rouge Parish:  33 reports  15 sites

1. Kevin Morgan, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 12/21/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  F  FO 1/7/2010 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  F  FO 1/9/2010 
#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 1/9/2010 

2. Carol Foil, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 10/18/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/19/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 1/2/2010 
#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  F  FO 1/2/2010 

3. Miriam Davey, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 11/29/2009 

4. Joan LeBlanc, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  FO 8/13/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  FO 9/18/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/3/2009  ((Possible returnee)) 

5. Bob and Karen Pierson, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 8/31/2009  LO 9/8/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 11/18/2009  LO 11/18/2009 

6. Scott Knaus, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/23/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 10/10/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/16/2009 
#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 12/20/2009 

7. Jane Patterson, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/26/2009 

8. Vicki Vance, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  FO 9/5/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/5/2009  (Returnee from
08-09 season) 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/27/2009  (Returnee from
06-07 season) 
#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 11/28/2009 
#5 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 11/28/2009 

9. Dennis Demcheck, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 11/30/2009 

10. Sybil McDonald, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 9/2/2009  LO 10/25/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 11/29/2009 

11. Harriett Pooler, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 10/3/2009 

12. Nancy Murrill, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 12/1/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 12/1/2009 

13. Robert Sherman, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Allen's) Im  M  FO 12/30/2009 

14. Robb Brumfield, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 9/4/2009 

15. Matt Brooks, Baton Rouge, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 1/9/2010 

Iberia Parish:  2 reports  1 site

1. Mike Musumeche, New Iberia, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/17/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 12/10/2009 

Iberville Parish:  2 reports  1 site

1. Van Remsen, St. Gabriel, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 12/3/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 12/24/2009 

Jefferson Parish:  8 reports  5 sites

1. Nancy Newfield, Metairie, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/10/2009  LO 10/15/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/19/2009  LO 10/27/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 10/24/2009 
#4 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  F  FO 11/26/2009 

2.  Wild-Grand Isle, Grand Isle, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  OBS 11/8/2009  (Grilleta Tract - found by
David Muth) 

3. Dan Carroll, Metairie, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 11/13/2009  LO 11/16/2009 

4. Joan Garvey, Metairie, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/6/2009 

5. Craig & Lizette Wroten, Harahan, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  F  FO 10/28/2009 

Lafayette Parish:  8 reports  6 sites

1. Rose and Jack Must, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 9/3/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 9/5/2009 

2. Dave Patton, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/17/2009 

3. B. J. Abshire, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/29/2009 

4. Jeanne Plaisance, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 12/14/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 12/21/2009 

5. Betty Lowery, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/27/2009 

6. Jane Killen, Lafayette, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 9/22/2009 

Lafourche Parish:  6 reports  3 sites

1. Janelle Bergeron, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/12/2009  LO 10/18/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 11/30/2009 

2. Beth & Sammy Maniscalco, Thibodaux, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/10/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 9/1/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 10/20/2009 

3. John Conover, Raceland, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 1/1/2010 

Orleans Parish:  2 reports  2 sites

1. Lita Pinter, New Orleans, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/8/2009 

2.  Wild-Longvue Gardens, New Orleans, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/10/2009  (Obs. by Wendy Rihner) 

Ouachita Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Bob Rickett, Monroe, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 11/4/2009 

St. James Parish:  11 reports  5 sites

1. Joe Turner, Lutcher, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 12/9/2009 

2. Tom Sylvest, Gramercy, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 11/28/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 1/2/2010 

3. Irvin Louque, Paulina, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 11/21/2009  LO 11/23/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 11/29/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  M  FO 12/6/2009 

4. Ken Prestenbach, Vacherie, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/10/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 9/14/2009 

5. John and Veronica Sylvest & David Sylvest, Gramercy, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 9/26/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  F  FO 10/3/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 10/7/2009 

St. John the Baptist Parish:  7 reports  3 sites

1. Ronald Stein, Reserve, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/15/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/4/2009  (Returnee from
2008-2009 season) 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 10/7/2009 

2. Gene & Edna Street, Laplace, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 9/19/2009 

3. Stuart and Betty Lasseigne, Laplace, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 8/10/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  OBS 1/10/2010 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  OBS 1/10/2010 

St. Tammany Parish:  13 reports  7 sites

1. Yvonne & Al Bordelon, Covington, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 11/29/2009 

2. Linda Beall, Covington, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  F  FO 10/17/2009 

3. Linda Keefer, Covington, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 10/31/2009  LO 11/20/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  M  FO 11/27/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 11/28/2009 

4. Harvey Patten, Covington, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  FO 10/30/2009 

5. Noel Peyton, Slidell, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 7/30/2009  (4-yr returnee) 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 8/17/2009  LO 8/23/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Im  M  FO 9/8/2009  LO 9/15/2009 

6. Pat Solomon, Slidell, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Ad  F  FO 8/28/2009 
#2 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  F  FO 9/9/2009 
#3 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  Im  M  FO 9/14/2009 

7. Thomas Trenchard, Covington, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  (Rufous) Ad  F  FO 1/7/2010  (Returnee from
08-09) 

Terrebonne Parish:  1 report  1 site

1. Paul & Peggy Maeder, Houma, LA
#1 Selasphorus Rufous/Allens  FO 12/31/2009 

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