On 5/15/2021 8:12 AM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Friday, May 14, 2021 at 1:41:31 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>> I saw my first hummingbird of the season yesterday. It was a really nice
>> day and I got a lot of work down. I had been out to a local flower stand
>> to get some more annuals. Luckily, I had not lost any of the flowers
>> planted last week, despite four nights in a row of frost warnings.
>> Between buying and planting flowers and tearing out an ugly old Rose of
>> Sharon I spend about 5 hours gardening. I sat down for a coffee and
>> heard the hum of the bird. It lingered almost long enough for me to get
>> a picture.
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> We saw several, as the the remember the good hummingbird feeders. And they showed up early last year too!
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> Sure sign of Global Warming!
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> John Kuthe, RN, BSN...
>
Bullshit. Hummingbirds show up when they show up. I saw my first one
this year on March 31st which is about normal for this region. A few
years ago one hummingbird stayed for the winter; I think she was too old
to migrate so I kept the feeder up and freshly filled for her. She was
still around even when the temperatures dropped close to freezing in
January and February (32F).

Jill