[Mnbird] Hummers

[Pamela Freeman]

I guess I stand corrected! I assumed hummers all, well, most, migrated.
(US)  I suppose it is not a case of temperature that drives migration but
food availability.  So, if the right food is available to enable survival
at a given temperature, then, sure, some may stick around.  Look at Mn and
robins. Some seem to stay where food sources are maintained.  Crabapples,
etc.

On Mon, Oct 7, 2019, 11:28 PM Richard Carlson via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> Rufous in AK.  Ruby throat in New England
>
> Richard Carlson
> Full time birder, part time economist
> Tucson & Lake Tahoe
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Oct 7, 2019, at 5:28 PM, Leslie Kottke <kltk at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > Ruby .Throats ??
> >
> >> On Oct 7, 2019, at 7:04 PM, Richard Carlson via Mnbird <
> mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> My Tahoe cabin is at 7,000 ft so it’s just as cold as MN.  Hummers have
> overwintered in Alaska and New England at feeders with heaters.
> >>
> >> Richard Carlson
> >> Full time birder, part time economist
> >> Tucson & Lake Tahoe
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >>>> On Oct 7, 2019, at 4:35 PM, Leslie Kottke <kltk at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> that may be true for California …Hummers can not over Winter in
> Minnesota !!
> >>>
> >>>> On Oct 7, 2019, at 4:23 PM, Richard carlson via Mnbird <
> mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hummers will overwinter wherever there is dependable food.   Mountain
> species, eg Rufous, are very cold resistant.  Most individuals will leave
> before it’s too late, but a few might stick around for the winter at
> feeders.  I’ve had Rufous hummers sitting at my frozen feeders at Lake
> Tahoe, waiting for them to thaw, in late October.
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard Carlson
> >>>> Still from Minnesota, just temporarily absent since 1960
> >>>> Tucson & Lake Tahoe
> >>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>> On Oct 7, 2019, at 8:35 AM, Sheryl Holland via Mnbird <
> mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Everyday I plan on taking my hummingbird feeders down, only to see
> another one at the feeders and impatiencs in railing boxes. Hate to
> encourage them to stay but hate more to send them away hungry.
> >>>>> Oh dear, what to do.🤔
> >>>>> Sheryl
> >>>>> Faribault Co.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sent from my iPad
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