Replying to some of the comments about the numbers & frequency of Hummingbirds we have coming to our feeders: I have also heard the Sargent's claim that you should multiply the number you see by 6 or 7. I think that may be true during migration but I doubt there would be that many in such a small vicinity during nesting season. While our place is by a stream & we do have several trees, if there were 36 nests around, I am sure we would have no difficulty in finding at least some of them. Haven't found any yet & it's not for lack of looking. And I have a pretty good idea of how & where to look. We have found a couple in past years. We used to keep our feeders out of sight of each other to reduce territorial competition but this year I decided to try the strategy of keeping them close together on the theory that if there is too much feeding sources for 1 bird to guard, they "give up". I think it may be working. There have been several times when there have been as many as 3 birds at 1 feeder & 2 at each of the others. This has included the male 'dining" with 2 females! What I really find intriguing is that there is always the same number of birds. Do you suppose each morning they have a "staff meeting" to make a schedule that will ensure that there are never too few or too many birds here at 1 time? I know of no other way to account for such perfect synchronization of timing! Laura Dornan Louisville **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]