I went to check the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD around 10:15 a.m. Dec. 28 with my son and his 3 children. We all had very good telescope views of the bird while it was basking in the sun atop a lilac bush and we saw it at the feeder twice. Four other birders were there while we were watching.
Dr. Yendt (owner) told us that while watching the bird late yesterday evening, he counted the seconds while it was feeding: 78 seconds; more than double the longest daytime feedings that I have seen!! This is evidence that it tanks up for the night, as do many other species. DIRECTIONS: from Hwy 401 @ km. 623 go south on Hwy 15 to the T-junction at Hwy 2 and then east on #2 Hwy to King Pitt Rd., then south on King Pitt Rd. to #24 at the end of the Road. CONDITIONS: The owners are birder-friendly. They request that visiting birders not block the streets or driveways. Please visit in small groups, 5 or 6 persons at a time are welcome to watch the hummingbird feeder on the south side of the house from a distance of 20 ft. A good vantage point is the row of rocks at about that distance south of the feeder. Excelent photos of the RUHU by Phil Yendt of Kingston and Carol Horner of Toronto are on the Ontario Field Ornithologists web site: http://www.ofo.ca/photos/ Bob Sachs, Kingston, Ont. "Bob Sachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
