[Fuusmchat] Hummingbirds

[Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant]

Ha ha!  Thanks for the report, Chris!  You know, studies have been done
that captured and marked hummingbirds (with a sharpie dot), weighed them,
released them, calculated the amount of sugar-water gone through in a day,
combined with how much sugar-water captive hummingbirds go through in a
day, and come up with formula: Take the maximum number of hummingbirds you
see at your feeder (so, either 4 or 6) and multiply it times 7 to get the
actual number of individuals you are feeding at any time.

Julie has a maximum of four at her feeders, too. I still have zero, so I'm
jealous of both of you!

--dawn

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On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 12:10 PM Chris Hoke via fuusmchat <
fuusmchat at fuusm.org> wrote:

> Hi Dawn:
> 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.
>
> So you need to report to Julie Z. That all your hummers are here in Tyler
> Co. WV!
>
> They must like my "cooking"!
>
> Chris
>
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Dawn Hewitt
Office assistant
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta
232 Third St.
Marietta, OH 45750
(740)373-1238
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