[CT Birds] Hummingbirds and others, banding

[Kathy Van Der Aue]

No hummers yet but a pair of chickadees is moving moss into one of our nest 
boxes!  I have moved a nearby box to the other side of the yard as a 
precaution against the house wrens who would kill the nestlings if they were 
within the wren's territory (about 50 yds, I believe).  It was a slow 
banding week at Birdcraft (Fairfield, CT) with our only migrants phoebes and 
golden-crowned kinglets.

Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT
kvda at optonline.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Stichter" <sharonstichter4 at comcast.net>
To: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:05 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] Hummingbirds


> Dear CT-birders,
>
> New England Hummers has been recording arrival and departure data on 
> Ruby-throated Hummingbirds for our region for the past five years. Please 
> visit http://www.nehummers.com for a description of the study and to read 
> some of our recent published and unpublished reports, and other 
> interesting information.  We are continuing to record arrivals this year. 
> As people have mentioned, so far there have been two reports, one in RI 
> and one in MA, so it is definitely time to put those feeders out!
>
> To participate in the study, please report the first male Ruby-throated 
> you see at your yard or feeder, and the first female Ruby-throated. You 
> can report on the website, or you can just post your sighting here on 
> CTBirds.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Sharon Stichter
> Newbury, MA
> New England Hummers
> nehummers at comcast.net
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