If I crunched the numbers correctly, eBird shows an ~ 9% decline in observed hummingbirds in Minnesota this year:
- 2023, Jan 1 - July 22: 293 - 2024, Jan 1 - July 22: 266 Any real data scientists out there are welcome to check my math! Greg On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:22 PM Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jason, > Do you have feeders up - and - if so, did you notice a drop in numbers of > birds at those feeders compared to previous years? When did the "drop" > occur? > Thanks for responding! > > On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM Jason Frank <jmfran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I would note that last year, in the Ortonville area, as far as I > observed, > > numbers were what I'd call "normal." Even during the periods when they > > hunted insects to feed nestlings, they'd still be seen around residential > > areas with gardens. > > > > This year, I never saw a single mating dance or territorial dispute > > between males, which have always been a regular sight in my yard. > > > > Jason Frank > > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:23 PM Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Alex, > >> Did you have more in the Spring, did you notice? > >> > >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM Knopick, Alex < > >> alex.d.knop...@craig-hallum.com> wrote: > >> > >> > We see 1-2 almost every evening at our feeder between 6-8pm, including > >> > tonight. > >> > > >> > Alex Knopick > >> > a...@craighallum.com > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Alex Knopick - Partner > >> > Managing Director - Investment Banking > >> > Craig-Hallum Capital Group > >> > M: 612-237-5281 > >> > Work Text: 612-482-2583 > >> > O: 612-334-6341 > >> > a...@craighallum.com > >> > > >> > On Jul 19, 2024, at 7:56 PM, Nancy Steinhauser <nancyhu...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Thank you all for replying. This is very troubling. > >> > A lot of migrating hummingbirds got back here but what happened > >> afterwards? > >> > And the monarchs have been very few. Only a few caterpillars found on > >> many > >> > milkweed plants. > >> > Nancy > >> > Superior Highlands > >> > > >> > > >> > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Charlene Nelson <birdnir...@gmail.com > > > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > We have very few butterflies, and we have an abundance of milkweed > and > >> > > other natives for them to enjoy. > >> > > > >> > > Charlene Nelson > >> > > Grant County farm > >> > > > >> > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Rebecca Field < > >> rebeccafiel...@gmail.com> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > I just saw a single Monarch in our hillside prairie where we have > >> > planted > >> > > > milkweed. Hope. > >> > > > > >> > > > Becky Field > >> > > > Orono > >> > > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 3:10 PM Tom Gilde < > >> > > > 00002247eb7407f6-dmarc-requ...@lists.umn.edu> wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > >> One of the profound threats to Monarchs is the decline of their > >> > > wintering > >> > > >> forest. It's not just logging but also climate change. I'm > planting > >> > > >> milkweeds, anyway. > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> Tom Gilde > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> On Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 2:41 PM, Jeanne Baumann < > >> > > jbaumann-...@outlook.com> > >> > > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> To: mou-net@lists.umn.edu > >> > > >> > >> > > >> I've seen one single monarch - just yesterday. And my yard is > full > >> of > >> > > >> wild milkweed. > >> > > >> > >> > > >> On 7/19/2024 12:22 PM, Missy Bowen wrote: > >> > > >>> No monarchs. Troubling. > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 12:17 PM Jeffrey Saffle< > >> > > >> jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu<mailto:jeffrey.saf...@hsc.utah.edu>> > >> > > >>> wrote: > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>>> We have a few hummers here in Lake Elmo but I’m much more > struck > >> by > >> > a > >> > > >>>> near-total absence of monarch butterflies. I successfully > raised > >> and > >> > > >>>> released 16 monarchs in June/early July but since then I’ve > only > >> > found > >> > > >> one > >> > > >>>> caterpillar and seen one adult. I suspect the relentlessly > rainy > >> > > >> weather > >> > > >>>> was hard on them. What are others’ thought? > >> > > >>>> Jeffrey Saffle > >> > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >>>>> On Jul 19, 2024, at 11:27 AM, Jason Frank<jmfran...@gmail.com > >> > > <mailto: > >> > > >> jmfran...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> I'm in Ortonville, and haven't seen a single hummingbird all > >> > summer > >> > > >>>> long. I > >> > > >>>>> only saw a few in the spring. > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> There are no Japanese Beetles this far west yet, so no one > >> around > >> > > here > >> > > >> is > >> > > >>>>> spraying for them. Plenty of people are spraying for > everything > >> > else, > >> > > >>>>> though. Ortonville is governed by the type of 20th Century > >> idiocy > >> > > that > >> > > >>>>> employs a municipal mosquito spray truck which circles the > town > >> > once > >> > > a > >> > > >>>> week > >> > > >>>>> to kill every flying insect in its path (can't have all dem > >> golfers > >> > > and > >> > > >>>>> lakeshore dwellers gettin all itchy, don't ya know). There are > >> > plenty > >> > > >> of > >> > > >>>>> flowers around town, and good nesting habitat in the parks and > >> > > >> ravines. I > >> > > >>>>> too am noticing low numbers of Barn and Tree Swallows... and I > >> > > haven't > >> > > >>>> seen > >> > > >>>>> a Kestrel since April. At this point, it could be a whole > >> > cumulative > >> > > >>>> effect > >> > > >>>>> of climate, over-spraying and insect population collapse, and > >> bird > >> > > flu, > >> > > >>>>> which I'd imagine could spread to hummers if their feeders are > >> in > >> > > close > >> > > >>>>> proximity to seed and suet feeders. All those storms and heavy > >> rain > >> > > >>>> during > >> > > >>>>> nesting season probably didn't help, either. > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> Jason Frank > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM Nancy Steinhauser < > >> > > >> nancyhu...@gmail.com<mailto:nancyhu...@gmail.com> > >> > > >>>>>> wrote: > >> > > >>>>>> > >> > > >>>>>> Wondering if anyone else has seen the numbers go down this > >> summer. > >> > > >>>> From a > >> > > >>>>>> great start (over 30 birds arrived at the feeders.....and who > >> > knows > >> > > >> the > >> > > >>>>>> ones I didn't see) in mid-May, the numbers now have dwindled > to > >> > less > >> > > >>>> than a > >> > > >>>>>> dozen, and that's up from 3 or 4 because the little ones have > >> > > fledged. > >> > > >>>>>> Neighbors and co-workers (the north shore and inland above > Two > >> > > >> Harbors) > >> > > >>>>>> have reported the same "drop" in birds. Bewildered. They > >> started > >> > > to > >> > > >>>>>> disappear early to mid-June and have not returned. Wondering > >> about > >> > > >> bird > >> > > >>>>>> flu. > >> > > >>>>>> We have had a huge mosquito population this summer because of > >> all > >> > > the > >> > > >>>>>> rain. But that hasn't dropped hummingbird numbers coming to > >> > feeders > >> > > >> in > >> > > >>>>>> previous wet summers. > >> > > >>>>>> Any ideas/experiences? The numbers here have been steadily > >> going > >> > up > >> > > >> for > >> > > >>>>>> over > >> > > >>>>>> 25 years. Many feeders out. Such a shock to have so few > birds. > >> > > >>>>>> Thanks in advance. > >> > > >>>>>> Nancy in Superior Highlands > >> > > >>>>>> > >> > > >>>>>> ---- > >> > > >>>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > >>>>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > >>>>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >>>>>> > >> > > >>>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > >> practice > >> > > >>>> social > >> > > >>>>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >>>>>> > >> > > >>>>> ---- > >> > > >>>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > >>>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >>>>> > >> > > >>>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > >> practice > >> > > >>>> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >>>> ---- > >> > > >>>> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > >>>> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > >>>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >>>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > >> practice > >> > > >> social > >> > > >>>> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >>>> > >> > > >>> ---- > >> > > >>> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > >>> Archives:http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >>> > >> > > >>> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > practice > >> > > >> social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >> > >> > > >> ---- > >> > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >> > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > practice > >> > > social > >> > > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >> . > >> > > >> > >> > > >> ---- > >> > > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >> > >> > > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, > practice > >> > > social > >> > > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > ---- > >> > > > General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > > > >> > > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > >> > > social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > >> > > ---- > >> > > General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > > >> > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > >> social > >> > > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > >> > > >> > ---- > >> > General information and guidelines for posting: > >> > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > > >> > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > >> social > >> > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered > >> safely > >> > by Mimecast. > >> > For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com > >> > ------------------------------ > >> > > >> > >> ---- > >> General information and guidelines for posting: > >> https://moumn.org/listservice.html > >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > >> > >> During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice > social > >> distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > >> > > > > ---- > General information and guidelines for posting: > https://moumn.org/listservice.html > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social > distancing, and continue to bird responsibly. > ---- General information and guidelines for posting: https://moumn.org/listservice.html Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html During the pandemic, the MOU encourages you to stay safe, practice social distancing, and continue to bird responsibly.
