[birding] Rufous Hummingbirds gone from our place

[Karan and Jim Fairchild]

Hi-

  And not to sound like a broken record, but we STILL have a few snowqueens 
blooming at our place!  Or should I say already?  I can't think of another 
plant that has such a drawn out blooming strategy.

Karan Fairchild

----- 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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