Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!decvax!decwrl!celestino@wagon.DEC From: celestino@wagon.DEC Newsgroups: net.rec.birds Subject: hummingbirds Message-ID: <238@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-May-84 08:58:41 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.238 Posted: Wed May 16 08:58:41 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 17-May-84 05:42:35 EDT Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 11 I was absolutely delighted to read the recent posting to this newsgroup - I've subscribed to it for months and haven't gotten anything until yesterday. I have been avidly watching a pair of ruby-throated hummingbirds who have been visiting our flowering quince. It won't be long and the quince flowers will be gone....besides putting out one of those hummingbird feeders, how can we encourage these birds to stay and nest in the area? Are there some annuals we can plant in our flower garden? Martha Celestino ....decvax!decwrl!rhea!wagon!celestino