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As I was sitting in the flower bed, pulling out the winter weeds, I heard a humming noise. I look up to the right & saw a Rufous. With the temps being in the 70's I figured this little fellar was a little confused. It did buzz around the area I normally have the feeder, then off into the wide blue yonder. Normally, the Ruby Throats are scouting by early March around here.
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Magnolia, GET YOUR FEEDER BACK UP ASAP!!!!! The only way this little fellow will survive is to have a nectar source and he has chosen your location to get it. There are only 2 or 3 Rufous in each state each Winter and YOU are EXTREMELY fortunate to be one of the few for Louisiana this year to get one. AS SOON AS HE SHOWS BACK UP CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AUDUBON CHAPTER. They will want to study, photograph, and probably band him. DO NOT TRY TO GET HIM INTO WARMER AREAS LIKE A GARAGE! The cold will not hurt him IF you provide the sugar water for him. Sorry, don't mean to sound so preachy, LOL, The sightings of Western Hummingbirds in the East in Winter is of EXTREME interest to bird researchers and scientists.
bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess.
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WOW I am putting my feeders back up too. Just in case.
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WAIT...I thought we are suppose to take down the feeders to encourage migration??? If I put the feeders up will that put the hummers in danger of freezing?? Because they will stay here for the food???
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Naw, that story about taking your Hummingbird feeders down is just an old-wives' tale or an urban legend. No birds will freeze. They will just starve if they don't have food. The few that stay the Winter do so because they decide to and human actions have NOTHING to do with their choice. Human inaction in providing food for the ones that do stay WILL cause them to starve since NO NATURAL source of nectar is available in Winter.
bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess.
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I am going to put one feeder out and watch it to see if there is any hummers around.
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(Thorn sneaks up to Oui's feeder in the middle of the night and attachs a fake Rufous Hummingbird made out of styrofoam and dyed goose down, just to trick her)
bbbbbbbbb A bird in the hand......can sometimes be a mess.
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fortunate to be one of the few for Louisiana this year to get one. AS SOON AS HE SHOWS BACK UP CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AUDUBON CHAPTER. They will want to study, photograph, and probably band him. DO NOT TRY TO GET HIM INTO WARMER AREAS LIKE A GARAGE! The cold will not hurt him IF you provide the sugar water for him. Sorry, don't mean to sound so preachy, LOL, The sightings of Western Hummingbirds in the East in Winter is of EXTREME interest to bird researchers and scientists. 
