Birders, Bob Sach's wrote:
> Kingston's forecast tonight is -20°, perilously low even for a tough RUFOUS > HUMMINGBIRD. Last winter, two Rufous Hummingbirds in Ohio endured a cold snap that put nighttime low temperatures in the -18° to -20° C range for ten days in a row, and with daytime highs only reaching -10° to -14° C. Don't write this tough bird's epitaph yet :-). The next warm spell (near 0° C) will give it a chance to find insects, and perhaps put on enough fat to depart. Most of the wintering Rufous Hummingbirds in the southeast are moving around right now, but not yet heading back northwest to BC and Alaska, so there seems to be an instinctive "schedule" that causes them to move again this time of year. Allen Chartier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1442 West River Park Drive Inkster, MI 48141 Website: http://www.amazilia.net Michigan HummerNet: http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet/index.htm "Allen Chartier" <[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.
