Many of our parks are plagued with sick and injured ducks that are a direct result of the intensive aggression and competition that occurs when waterfowl populations become too large. Increasingly, our urban and suburban parks are home to year-round resident populations of waterfowl that remain static because of the endless food supply provided by well-meaning humans. When local resources are low or depleted, individuals will move to find new food resources. Feeding waterfowl can quickly lead to overpopulation problems at small urban and suburban parks.ĭucks and geese occupy areas that provide sufficient natural food. Please enjoy local waterfowl, but view them from a distance and give them the best chance of survival by not feeding them. In fact, many of our urban parks are now over-populated with ducks and geese. Ducks and geese have survived for thousands of years without handouts and many species of waterfowl are thriving today. The notion that waterfowl cannot survive without human intervention is false. You will get to release the bird back into your yard and receive photographs of your special bird.Ĭyndi Routledge and Mark Armstrong are federally licensed master bird banders who specialize in documenting western hummingbirds wintering in the southeastern United States.įeeding waterfowl may create a variety of problems for the birds and the environment. These hummingbirds are cold-hardy and will not be harmed by the winter weather in Tennessee. So if you have a hummingbird at your feeder between 15 November and 15 March, please contact Cyndi Routledge at Mark Armstrong at Routledge or Mark Armstrong, with your permission, will come to your home to identify, band, and photograph your hummingbird. Some return to winter at the same home year after year and are considered family members. They often demonstrate great site fidelity and spend the entire winter in one location. Wintering hummingbirds are not lost birds. Sugar water has a lower freeze point so unless we get a string of really cold days in a row the sugar water won't freeze solid.Īnd who knows you might have a hummingbird spend the winter with you!
Partially fill your feeder with a mixture of one part table sugar to four parts water, please do not use red food coloring. Perhaps outside the window where you eat breakfast in the morning. You should put your feeder where it can be observed and maintained easily. Hummingbird banders have banded a variety of western hummingbirds here in Tennessee during the winter and suggest that you leave a feeder up all winter. Many of us here in Tennessee enjoy Ruby-throated hummingbirds from spring to fall but did you know that a hummingbird might spend the winter in your yard? National Archery in the Schools Program.
Go to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
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