The Fairborn Rufous/Allen was here as of yesterday 10 Jan (showed up 9 Nov). I am home off work and have not yet seen it this morning. I did switch the feeders around a little to try to minimize rain flooding. I tried finding the recent post on the Birding Ohio facebook regarding the North Olmstead bird, to get an exact date but couldn't find it, however the North Olmstead bird was reported with a picture within the last week I'm pretty sure. The bird is very rufous colored, quite beautiful! There is a woman near Little Rock Arkansas who has hosted a Rufous three years running but I'm not sure if she knows whether its the same bird or not. I've been wondering about the repeat wintering/site fidelity thing too. I know scientists believe that having feeders out do not encourage hummingbirds to stay put, or not migrate. But the idea of having yearly repeat Rufous through the winter in Ohio, when they are so dependent on that feeder, would seem somewhat at odds with that. And while I hate to be a negative Nelly we do have to consider that when a bird disappears from a feeder it didnt necessarily fly away. Window strike, freezing, starving, predation all could play a role. Marie, Fairborn P.S. If you search for Mary Schatz Facebook, I have a public folder with some pictures ______________________________________________________________________ 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]