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Birders

Arkansas Granny

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2. All of my regulars have left. I think the ones I saw last week were just passing through.

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 2, 2017, 08:48 AM

Oct 2017

They approached the feeders differently and didn't use the perches that have been used all summer long by the usual crowd. I keep my feeders up until I'm sure the migrants and stragglers have moved south.

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I guess I'll leave my hummingbird feeder up a few days longer. [View all] Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 OP

I got buzzed by one this morning. TexasProgresive Oct 2017 #1

All of my regulars have left. I think the ones I saw last week were just passing through. Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #2

Still at my SW Iowa feeders during thunderstorms this morning. IADEMO2004 Oct 2017 #3

You're a few hundred miles north of me. I would have thought that they would be gone by now. Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #4

Still warm and green here no frost yet. IADEMO2004 Oct 2017 #5

I just watched a hummingbird take a shower! Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #6

Strong North wind all day no hummingbirds all day. IADEMO2004 Oct 2017 #7

I've been watching, but I think my bitty birds have headed south. Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #8

Now we wait for their return. IADEMO2004 Oct 2017 #9

I'll leave the feeder out for a few more days in case we have stragglers. Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #10