Date: 08/06/2011

Number: 1

My first sighting of their migration south this 2011 season. It occurred just before sunset around my Mimosa tree. She was hovering about 20 feet off the ground at a little above eye level for me standing on my screened in porch about 15 feet away. After about 5 seconds, she flew over to a branch on the Mimosa and sat there for another 5 - 8 seconds then flew off. I thought I was seeing things and she looked light gray in color.

I immediately brewed up some sugar water and cooled it before placing it out on my second-floor hanging feeder just outside a bedroom window. I was rewarded the next morning with at least one of two birds feeding regularly. I set up a video camera to be able to observe their activity from my computer and have also taken some still shots to share with my sisters in other parts of the country.

Richmond, VA

Latitude: 37.5 Longitude: -77.4

Observed by: Steve
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