Date: 8/19/25 6:13 am From: Sue Callahan via groups.io <angels-3...> Subject: Re: [sd-birds] Hummingbirds
Russian Sage is a good plant for Bumblebees. It will take over, though,
if not trimmed often.
Sue Whitney Callahan
On 2025-08-18 18:06, Jeff Hansen via groups.io wrote:
> I was at Hitchcock Park in Mitchell yesterday and saw the humming birds. One looked bigger than others. Possible different species.
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> The park planted tons of a red salvia and red cannas.
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> Friend went later and said he saw about twenty.
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> Might be an exaggeration but they love the food sources.
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> I was looking for bumble bees and got a county record for hunts.
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> Anyone with time should visit the area. It's on the very east side of Park right off foster.
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> Lots of swallowtails and Skipper butterflies as well.
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> Jeff Hansen
> https://www.youtube.com/BackyardBirdsUS >
