Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Where Are the Rufous Hummers?

Design - "Love My Cat" Snippet
Designer - Lizzie Kate
Fabric - 28 count Wichelt Lambswool linen
Floss - WDW & GAST & DMC
Started - 15 June 2001
Completed - 1 July 2001

Where are the Rufous Hummingbirds?

 

Apparently their northern range is contracting and fewer birds are migrating this far north.

The Merlin app has heard one a couple of times, but I've not had a good visual.

Back in the day, I had several each summer.

Females

and males.

Such a strike bird.

Easy to see why I miss them.

Well there's still half of May, all of June, and some of July.
So I'll keep watching an hoping.

1 comment:

Robin in Virginia said...

That is fascinating that they aren't migrating to you. Do you have any Quail hanging around? I remember you had numbers for a many years and that last few years very few.