It's been a month since my last entry. This is not entirely due to a lack of bird activity. More an issue of an excess
in my activity.
Activity has been fairly normal. I've finally had a couple of good days of songbird migration with Baltimore Orioles,
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Summer Tanagers, Indigo Buntings, and various warblers. Unfortunately, I had very little time to
survey the yard on those days. A number of male Black-throated Blue Warblers have been seen in the past couple of days.
I was out of town over the weekend so I haven't had a lot of time to watch for hummers but they've been harder to
find lately. I'm assuming this has to do with a lack of birds migrating through. The regulars seem content with each
other so there are no territorial displays drawing attention to them. I actually observed the female Rufous sitting with a
young male Ruby-throat perched a few feet away a few days ago. They were both sitting in the same binocular view.
A half an hours observation time yesterday produced the female Rufous and at least a couple of adult males and one
young male Ruby-throats. This appears to be fewer birds than I would expect but the numbers may be a result of the excess
of blooms throughout the neighborhood combined with my lack of observation time.
