For over a week I've had an immature male Ruby-thrt coming to my feeder and flowers which are still lush. Friday he was frantically feeding - drained the feeder so in the afternoon I filled it with fresh liquid---thinking that he was going to leave Friday night which was to be clear, almost full moon and he was feeding constantly. Sat. morning he was there at 7:15am. Again fed all day and all day Sunday. Monday morning Oct. 1st he was still here. Returning home in early afternoon the feeder was almost empty, so I refilled it but he never came. This morning -Oct 2nd- at about 7:30am another Hummingbird was at the feeder, looking carefully I saw it was an immature female, and she acted differently than the immature male. All the rain we've had has kept the flower in bloom which may be a reason why they are lingering. Remarkable, I'm happy to see them but not seeing them would mean they are in warmer climes. Also have had 2-3 maybe more Red-breasted Nuthatches since Sept 11 Carole Babyak Trumbull Co NE Ohio ______________________________________________________________________ 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]