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From: foley@helix.nih.gov (Charles K. Foley)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: starving hummingbirds
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Date: 9 Jan 91 15:36:23 GMT
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I have a question about feeding hummingbirds:  I have been told that we
should take our feeders in (here in North Carolina) after Labor Day and
put them out again on Memorial Day in order to force the birds to migrate
to warmer areas with better food availability for the winter.  I just
got my first hummingbird feeder for Christmas and I'm wondering when I 
should put it out.

Thanks,

Charles Foley
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, NC

foley@iris03.niehs.nih.gov