Date: 10/11/2017

Number: 4

Temperatures here today from noon on stayed around mid 50's. Mostly light rain or drizzle with a pause around 2pm to 5pm. Migrating hummer tally for today - 3 (females)positive separate individuals with the fourth (female) sighting possibly also a separate individual. The first one was seen at 3:48pm - 57 degrees - drizzling - breeze of 5 mph. The second one stopped at 5:04pm - 56 degrees - light drizzle- no breeze and took cover in the evergreen hedge fifteen feet away, making at least two other trips to the patio feeder. Hummer number three stopped by the patio feeder about 6;25pm -56 degrees.- no breeze - no precipitation. This was a pretty plump female (attached photo). She drank and sat then drank again for about 6 minutes before heading to the west, returning 5 minutes later for another couple of minutes, at which time she flew westward again, maybe roosting in the lone Emerald Green arborvitae on the west side of the house.Then when I think that's it for the night at 7:01pm -55 degrees- misty drizzle - barely a breeze, I spotted a hummer on the patio feeder. It went eastward into the dense evergreen hedge. In the last three days I have spotted more migrating hummers than any year prior. Also this is the latest date I've ever spotted a hummerin our area.

I hope everyone keeps their feeders out long after they've seen their "last" hummer. Prior to these last three days there was a 17 day time frame in which I saw no hummingbirds at our feeders.

Kendallville, IN

Latitude: 41.5 Longitude: -85.2

Observed by: Michael
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