Date: 6/27/25 12:56 pm From: Jeff Brough - Idaho Falls via groups.io <brogjl...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] Rufous hummer
I live north of Brian along Willow creek near Ucon. Like him, I won't see any hummers until later in the summer. Living in a small oasis surrounded by farm fields, even in the spring & summer I get so few hummers of any kind that I quit putting out a feeder because the stuff goes bad too fast. I put out a feeder a little later in the year when I see the birds hitting my patch of bee balm. I've watched them many times fly right past the feeder to go to the flowers on it. When they finally get here, I see all 3 kinds common to this area.
