[birding] Rufous Hummingbirds gone from our place

[Karan and Jim Fairchild]

Hi-

  We still have rufous hummers out here, even adult males. Not very many, 
but their numbers dropped off already several weeks back.  Perhaps we retain 
them later since we're slightly higher (750ft).  Nice to still have them!

Karan Fairchild, 6 mi SW of Philomath

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Geier" <joel.geier at peak.org>
To: "MidValley Birds" <birding at midvalleybirding.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:10 PM
Subject: [birding] Rufous Hummingbirds gone from our place


> Hi all,
>
> Just occurred to me ... our hummingbird has had no business in about a
> week now. There were still a couple of RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS at Luckiamute
> State Natural Area during the Luckiamute Watershed Council tour
> yesterday. But it seems like at least a few of the locally nesting birds
> have started to move out (to higher elevations I guess).
>
> Two male LAZULI BUNTINGS were chasing each other around the upper part
> of our yard this morning, and doing "display flights" (I guess -- the
> one was fluttering overhead while giving static-like twitter sounds).
> I've been later than usual to mow the non-native grasses that are
> growing tall in our prairie restoration patches. That's bad in terms of
> letting the European grasses go to seed, but the buntings seem to like
> it.
>
> Happy birding,
> Joel
>
> --
> Joel Geier
> Camp Adair area north of Corvallis
>
>
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