Date: 05/15/2010

Number: 1

First hummingbird of the season, male of course. This seems considerably later than previous years, by at least two weeks if not a bit more. I put the feeders up about three weeks ago/last week in April.
Also, this is the tiniest male ruby throat I have ever seen at this time of year. He fed first on a red flowering quince in a pot, then to a nectar feeder. He seemed to disinterested in the nectar (which was three weeks old) so I made a fresh batch. The volume in the bottle has decreased by about a quarter of an inch over 24 hours. He has fed every 15 minutes with long draws all evening and all day.

whitesboro, NY

Latitude: 43.1 Longitude: -75.3

Observed by: susan
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