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Comment by Sheri on September 18, 2010 at 9:49am

The swallows have all taken off and now I don't see any Robins around. I haven't seen (cloud cover) but have heard several large migrations of geese going by.

Comment by Gyda Marie Haynes on September 18, 2010 at 8:13am

My last hummer sighting was over a week ago...I need to start a log on departures and arrivals. My northern flickers are returning to the feeders, so it's time to put out the suet and bring the hummingbird feeders in for the season.

Here's a photo of one of my last hummers of the season. I hope those of you further south will make sure my tiny pals are fed along the way.

Comment by Margaret Beers Oliver on September 15, 2010 at 10:49am

The climate change has me worried, so I am doing what I can locally. Growing my own veg, walking or biking if I need, recycling, and buying local if I can.
I will also try to get some feeder pictures to show. I think that I am going to love learning about birds. I have not done much more than hang a feeder and watch before. However maybe I am going to start birding locally! LOL

Comment by Sheri on September 15, 2010 at 3:11am

Gyda, I've heard that we have a resident Hummer that stays all year long.

It's going to be so fun to get educated on the other birds from N.Z. and Australia and other places. It's amazing how much we don't know. My one worry is that with the climate changes, we might start seeing birds from other countries that don't normally migrate to our areas show-up. It's already happening with the ocean life.

Comment by Kristen Morse on September 14, 2010 at 2:22pm

Not exactly a garden bird but our migratory superstar is the Godwit, we are waiting for them to show up here as it is a sign of our spring, just like your 'groundhog day'. I'm listening to a radio item about them at the moment. They spend spring/summer in Alaska and then fly 11000 kms back here in about 8 days, small birds - lots of flapping! Then will fly back again in our autumn. Will try for some pics of the birds visiting our garden and post them over the next week or so. Cheers - Kristen

Comment by Margaret Beers Oliver on September 14, 2010 at 12:51pm

We are coming down to the time of year where all our migratory birds are going to be heading south for the winter months. Still we will have our feeder birds to delight in. I would love to see pictures of the birds in your area Kristen.

Comment by Gyda Marie Haynes on September 14, 2010 at 11:11am

I've only seen one hummer in the past week...I think it was a female Rufous. Kristen...we'd love to see pictures of your native birds...it's hard to believe you're in the springtime of the year while we're headed into the beginning of autumn. I'm sure your birds are just as beautiful and interesting as ours!

Comment by Kristen Morse on September 14, 2010 at 8:20am

HI all, nice to hear from people that have sun and warmth - we are at the beginning of our spring and are have a wet one as usual. But the fruit trees are flowering and our nectar birds are having a wonderful time - Tui's and Bell-birds cavorting and singing their beautiful songs. Little 'silver eye's' darting about doing a wonderful job pollinating my fruit trees. I would love to have something as special as a humming bird to report but our native birds are still beautiful in a more understated way.

Comment by Margaret Beers Oliver on September 14, 2010 at 4:55am

We are starting to see some migration groups. I noticed that with the cool nights that I am seeing less hummers here.

Comment by Gyda Marie Haynes on September 14, 2010 at 4:44am

Welcome, Sheryl...I'm in the middle of some job hunting stuff...so nice to see you here. Hopefully this week I'll get some discussions going. Hope your weather is better today.

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