Date: 09/12/2007

Number: 1

Weather:

It was hot and humid, mostly sunny days and in the 90's with a high heat index.

Number of hummers around feeders:




8/05-12= 1-2 males

8/11-14= 3-5 males

8/15-21= 2-3 males (believe there was one or two females may have been young males with no markings)

Numbers would vary from time to time. When the Neighbors across the lake would change their feeders, we would get their hummers. The male spotters came in on 8/05/2007 and stayed a week. Then on 8/21/07 they returned and stayed.

After 8/21/07 it narrowed down to 6 males.

September 13th,2007 at 1pm it was,cloudy with a cool breeze and the temperature was 79°. The females arrived.
9/13 15 to 20 females 9 feeders

4-7 per feeder 1m/6f ratio at feeder

Comments:




From where I was sitting I could see six feeders and all six of them had one male perched on the Shepard's pole above it. I could hear, what seemed to be little sounds coming from each one of them. It was a wonderful harmony! I've never heard anything like it in my life time! I could see all six feeders for I was

sitting under a tree at the banks of the lake facing all of them. Then all of a sudden the harmonious sound

increased and out from everywhere came bunches of singing hummys! There must have been over 20 or more of them! Those males were calling the females and they were coming from out of every where!

There was a lot of feeder hopping going on and a lot of waring too! But the males stayed right close to their feeders. This went on for an hour, then all settled down. I did notice that when a female was at the wrong feeder, she got chased back to the right feeder! I can not express in words what my eyes saw and my heart felt, on the day of

The Calling of the Hummingbirds!

A day in my life I will never forget!

willis, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.5

Observed by: cheryl
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