Hello all,
This year, I'm maintaining feeders at 7 different locations around the town
of Delaware until temperatures are steadily freezing. It's a scheme in an
attempt to better understand vagrant hummingbird patterns, and attract a
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, or otherwise! I'm mapping where all my feeders are
located on Google maps, at this link: http://tinyurl.com/27qs4k7
Or if that doesn't work:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=1115419817379304
63917.0004907b9a89bc076aefc&ll=40.014994,-82.710571&spn=2.355918,4.938354&z=
8
This is a plea to join me in this movement! It would mean the world to me to
get as many people as possible on board. Here's all you have to do:
1. Maintain your feeders for as long as you can.
2. Go to the map above, and add a location of a known maintained feeder by
following the instructions. Remember, it doesn't have to be your own house,
just if you know of a maintained feeder somewhere. If for some reason you're
unable to do this, you can email me your location so I can add it.
3. Report your vagrant hummingbirds!
This is an effort to better understand the pattern of vagrant hummingbirds
in the fall. This effort has the potential to give EXTRAORDINARY data that
ornithologists can use to assess what types of locations, if any,
hummingbirds select when they end up in Ohio. Do they stick to rivers? Open
areas? etc. When do they mostly arrive? What percentage of feeders in Ohio
will get a vagrant hummer? The possibilities are endless. While we can start
to answer some of these questions with previous records, a scientific effort
is needed.
Also, it'd be awesome to record more winter hummingbirds and more species!
We know they're out there!! Here is Ohio's current list of vagrant
hummingbirds:
Anna's Hummingbird
Green Violetear
Allen's Hummingbird (if accepted)
Rufous Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Here are other species recorded in eastern North America, some with many
records:
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Broad-billed Hummingbird
Green-breasted Mango
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Blue-throated Hummingbird
(Am I missing any?)
Again, we know they're out there- it's just a matter of stopping them at
your house!
I'm not sure how this project will turn out, but it would mean the world to
me if you could just add your location of a known maintained feeder.
Thanks, and good birding!
Sean
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Sean Williams, '11
Undergraduate of Ornithology of Dr. Jed Burtt
Ohio Wesleyan University
HWCC 724
Delaware, OH 43015
617-470-4094
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