The males arrive early and establish their territory, then they are very busy all summer preforming their" manly "duties to all the females in their area. Then no need to hang around.!!
Naomi -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marie P Read Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 11:02 AM To: Sally Eller; CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds <I am wondering why the males leave earlier than the females in the fall? > Finally able to get away from the wife and kids for a well-earned break?? ;-)) Just a joke, after all the only thing the male contributes is sperm! Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA Phone 607-539-6608 e-mail [email protected] http://www.marieread.com ***NEW*** Music of the Birds Vol 1 ebook for Apple iPad now available from iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/music-of-the-birds-v1/id529347014?mt=11 ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Sally Eller [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2012 9:39 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbirds I am wondering why the males leave earlier than the females in the fall? I know that they return in May earlier to establish territory for mating, but why do they leave earlier in the fall? Sally Eller West shore, Cayuga Lake Ovid -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave .htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
