The hummingbird numbers are not necessarily low - just the flower abundance is especially robust this year. HB may be feeding on flowers, and associated insects, preferentially. I still have good numbers coming to my feeder but note that they are mostly late in the day - toping off for the night. See comment in the Columbus Dispatch metro section, p B4, by John Switzer on this subject. Sandy ********************************************************* Sandra L. L. Gaunt Home: phone 614-876-5829 Borror Lab of Bioacoustics, cell 614-581-1925 Curator retired 4795 Hayden Blvd Museum of Biological Diversity Columbus OH 43221 The Ohio State University 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus 43212-1192 ()< o/'o/'o/' BLB web site with catalog, database, sounds, etc. )|) http://blb.biosci.ohio-state.edu >\\_ ********************************************************* ______________________________________________________________________ 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]