Saddle up, folks, it’s roundup time! Join Oakridge Ranch Wildlife Management Association (ORWMA) in a hummingbird survey. Your participation will help us to determine more about range, distribution, favored sites and feeding habits of hummingbirds. The survey is also a way to share information about their natural history.
Brenda LaVergne, our Birding Chairperson, requests your participation in our Hummingbird Census September 1 – 15, 2014. Please see the list below and begin your daily count. This month’s focus will be hummingbirds.
Thank you,
Larry Petter
President-ORWMA
Hummingbird Species 9/1-15
(Please use tick marks in count column)
| Black-chinned | |
| Buff-bellied | |
| Ruby-throated | |
| Rufous | |
| OTHER: | |
| TOTALS: |
Please send your totals to oakridgeranchwma@gmail.com by September 19th to be included in our census.
Since last Thursday (September 4th), we have seen a greatly increased number of hummingbirds at our feeders. We went from 5 or 6 a day to 25 – 50 per day. This weekend, Gary had to refill our feeders 3 times/day just to keep up with these beautiful birds. Please continue your counts through the 15th and send them in to oakridgeranchwma@gmail.com to be included in the totals for the Ranch! Hopefully, these migrating birds are telling us Fall is just around the corner!