Date: 3/25/25 1:30 pm From: Judy Griffith <9waterfall9...> Subject: Re: First Ruby-throated male hummingbird
Thanks, Jeff.
The weather has indeed been strange this year and in addition to sub-zero deep cold just a month ago we have not had any rain for weeks. So in the absence of Fire Pinks and even Ohio Buckeyes, the Ruby-throats' first wild food plants here, I’ve put up my hummingbird feeder 2also…just in case.
Hope you and Joy are enjoying Spring!
J
> On Mar 25, 2025, at 1:48 PM, Jeffrey Short <bashman...> wrote:
>
> Our first RTHU this year was sighted 24 Mar '25. We have had feeders up for
> a week before.
>
> I agree that RTHU's are appearing earlier over the last few years (we
> returned 20 years ago). Our hummers used to arrive when the red buckeyes
> were blooming, but the late, frigid weather changed that.
>
> Jeff Short, Hot Spring Co.
> At the top loop of the backwards "S" on the continuation of the Ouachita
> River
>
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>
> Arrived about 3:30 pm today (March 18). Earliest appearance by 3 days since
> 2015, according to my records.
>
> The first Monarch butterfly should arrive sometime in the next 10 days, also
> according to the records.
>
> Alyson Hoge
> Southern Pulaski County
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