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From: szafrans@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Pamela Kay)
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Subject: Re: HUMMINGBIRD WARNING
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Date: 1 Aug 90 13:28:34 GMT
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{Warning about messing with natural instincts deleted}

The only hummers I have experience with are the ones my
family feeds ...but

The hummingbirds that feed at our feeders arrive *promptly* on
April 25 each year for the last 6 years, and depart *promptly*
on September 6.  Sort of the Indiana version of the Hinkley, OH
Buzzards :) (thought I was going to say swallows didnt you :)

The birds are very persistent creatures during the year.  If the 
feeder becomes empty (or low) these birds have been known to
straif members of our family until the feeders have been refilled.
They have also been observed to sit on the outside windowsill 
peering in at us, looking for victims to dive-bomb when the feeders
are empty.  Quickly refilling feeders makes them very happy.

Pam