Hummingbird arrivals - update 5/4/08

[Allen T. Chartier]

Birders,

I have just updated my map and table of hummingbird arrivals in Michigan.

http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet/Data2008.htm

There were 89 reports in April, the most ever, and in the last 4 days there have been 75 additional reports. Nearly every southern Lower Peninsula county has a report now, and about half the northern Lower Peninsula counties. There was an early rush of records in Wisconsin along the western shore of Lake Michigan that looked like it would produce a lot of April records in the U.P. But, the late April snowstorm happened right after the first (April 20) bird was reported in Marquette, so there was a 10-day gap until the second U.P. report, and so far I have received only three U.P. reports.

Most of these reports are of males. I am also interested in first reports of females, so even if you're in the soutnern LP you can still contribute by sending me your reports of first females.

Thanks!

Allen T. Chartier
amazilia1 at comcast.net
Inkster, Michigan, USA
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Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food.
You may wonder how it weighs the food. 
It doesn't. It just eats another hummingbird. 
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