Date: 10/15/26 6:31 am From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Hummingbirds
Last week we went 3 days without seeing a hummingbird. Then had 1 for two days. Then 0 yesterday. Now we have 1 this morning. Jim & Judy Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
This morning, we had 2 rose-breasted grosbeaks, 21 waxwings, a black-throated green warbler and our FOS sapsucker. No hummingbirds for last 2 days. Jim & Judy Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
We were walking in a local cemetery Tuesday afternoon and spotted a bird flitting along the tree line. At first I thought it was a male Goldfinch, but it didn't have enough yellow, and didn't look like a female. It was about the size of a Goldfinch and had a goldish-yellow head and maybe throat, a faint black eye band and two white wing bars. Best guess is a Yellow-throated Vireo, a bird I had not seen around here before.
I haven't had my feeders up since Spring because the bears won't leave my feeders alone, but decided to take a chance a few days ago and put up one feeder. What a surprise to see a female rose-breasted grosbeak on the feeder this afternoon! The most prominent bird at my feeders is titmice. They empty my tube feeder by mid-day. Reminds me of my hummingbirds last month.
Knob Ridge Road, Pipestem, WV, Summers, West Virginia, US
Sep 26, 2026 6:31 AM - 6:59 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: clear skies, 43 degrees
10 species
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Gray Catbird 2
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 3
Swainson's Thrush 5 More were coming down but I couldn't be sure of
the number.
Wood Thrush 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 1
Date: 9/25/26 5:20 am From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Hummingbirds
Wednesday evening, we sat on our end porch, watching 3 hummingbird feeders. We had 6 birds visiting the feeders. Temperature was in the mid 60s Yesterday, we watched the same feeders mid-day. Temperature was 52 degrees. There were at least 20 hummers zooming all over the place while we watched. 42 degrees, this morning. One Hummer perched on a tomato plant. Jim & Judy Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
Date: 9/23/26 9:33 am From: Andy Weaks <awboat...> Subject: Ruby throat still hanging around
I 've had a lone Ruby-throated Hummingbird hanging around for the last 3 days. Today was the first time I saw it at the feeder. It had been skipping right past it going to the marigolds on either side. Its forehead was slightly whitish, hitting the last of the hosta flowers probably.
Date: 9/21/26 4:49 am From: James Phillips <jimandjudyphillips...> Subject: Morning birds in the fog
While the tea kettle was heating, I stepped out on the porch with binoculars. First bird was an American Redstart. Then, I saw Northern Parula, Hooded and Blackburnian Warblers. The regular Northern Cardinals were joined by 5 Eastern Towhees, 6 White-breasted Nuthatches and several singing Carolina Wrens. A wonderful start to a September morning! Jim Phillips Summers County Pipestem, WV
Date: 9/21/26 4:46 am From: MFowler <monty...> Subject: Juvenile hummer
A week ago we had a first for us, male and female Rubythroateds and a juvenile all at the hummingbird feeder at the same time. It seemed like a family unit, with the male and female flitting around and encouraging the juvenile to land on the feeder and eat. The juvenile was about two-thirds the size of the adults and I could not see any throat markings.
Then Sunday even a female Rubythroated returned with a single juvenile, which went right to the feeder and got to work tanking up for the trip south. It was interesting to watch.
