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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Interesting descriptions, especially of the nest and tiny eggs, Randy. Thanks for sharing. My aunt and uncle lived in Sedona, Arizona and had an active hummingbird feeder on their patio. It was a delight to watch.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Martha</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org">Randall Kidder via fuusmchat</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 2, 2024 11:55 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org">All topics, all people, anytime for FUUSM members and friends.</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:randallkidder88@gmail.com">Randall Kidder</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Fuusmchat] Hummingbirds</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I remember one place I lived we had fuschias (& hummingbird feeders) hanging on the porch. One year a hummer made a nest in one of the hanging baskets. !! Occasionally I would climb a ladder to check on the eggs, like about the size of my little fingernail. They hatched. So tiny! And the alpha male would often <b><i>sit </i></b>on the porch railing & "stand guard" and actually fly off & harass other birds that came near. It's the only time I ever saw one sit. Kinda funny & cute (sort of a David & Goliath thing).</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Once visited my aunt in Arizona. They had hummingbird feeders on the back porch in Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Park (her husband was a park ranger, he specialized in ornithology - even wrote pamphlets & booklets for the Park Service). The air would sometimes be literally buzzing dronelike with over half a dozen different species of hummers flying around. It was so cool seeing so many different kinds. </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Randall Kidder</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jul 2, 2024, 12:10 PM Chris Hoke via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Hi Dawn:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Last night, Sunday, I was out on the deck from about 8:30 - 9:30 pm. The hummers were busy at the feeder. I saw four of them fussing around and finally settled on the feeder together. They came and went. At one time when there were four of them at the feeder, I saw two more flying about. So, we have at least 6 hummers here. No doubt many more.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>So you need to report to Julie Z. That all your hummers are here in Tyler Co. WV! <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>They must like my "cooking"!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.8pt'>_______________________________________________<br>fuusmchat mailing list<br><a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a><br><a href="http://fuusm.org/mailman/listinfo/fuusmchat_fuusm.org" target="_blank">http://fuusm.org/mailman/listinfo/fuusmchat_fuusm.org</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>