It Is Official: Summer Is Over

bustedknee

September 10, 2020 02:43

I can't believe the hummers left without saying "Goodbye".

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BobJudy

September 10, 2020 03:26
Hummers are scarce and the Orioles left 2 weeks ago. Not even a wave goodbye. Bob
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Bubba Jr.

September 10, 2020 12:04
We've had hummingbirds around all summer. The nectar producing flowers are done and the birds must have headed south. We always enjoyed watching them while we were eating our meals.
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Rocky Raab

September 10, 2020 12:12
The massive wind storm we had this week sent the last of our local birds south, I'm sure. I saw one yesterday at a feeder - must have been a migrant passing through.

Incidentally, do NOT fall for the old advice to take feeders down in order to "force them to migrate." Doing so makes them leave on an "empty tank" and they may not survive the trip. Leave a feeder up until day temps are near freezing to allow any local birds to store fuel and serve as a pit stop for migrators.
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spasmcreeksrun

September 10, 2020 12:42
so far saw just a TOTAL of two (2) monarch butterflys...long gone the years of everything being coated with their migrations north and south ?????? really miss it
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BobJudy

September 10, 2020 14:50
spasmcreeksrun said:

so far saw just a TOTAL of two (2) monarch butterflys...long gone the years of everything being coated with their migrations north and south ?????? really miss it

I am under orders to leave all milkweed plants alone! Judy is going to revive the Monarch population single handedly. I have seen more this year so others must be doing the same thing. Bob
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