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| Brown-Headed Nuthatch on May 29 |
A delightful and cool May gave way to a dreadful hot and dry month of June. The chance of seeing your favorite backyard birds was still above average, with one exception. The ruby-throated hummingbirds became scarce in June after a fairly normal sighting average in May. I queried with members of the public who stated the same circumstance, and then I consulted a botanist and a hummingbird researcher who both said the hummers are simply nesting and thus not visiting feeders for now. I still say that this is the most doggone and perplexing lack of hummingbirds that I have ever witnessed over decades spent in the Lowcountry.
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| Immature Yellow-crowned night heron on June 23 |
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