[EBB Sightings] Jewels in the frost

It seems more plausible to me that the hummers would be eating small  
gnats/insects from the mallow instead of the seeds.  What do you think?

Patricia Braddy
San Ramon

On Feb 18, 2006, at 3:34 PM, Tom Condit wrote:

In re migrating Allen's Hummers, the S F Chronicle Home section had  
an article on Tree Mallow, aka Rose Malva, aka I dunno what, which  
said that migrating Allen's eat the seeds of this plant. Has anyone  
observed this behavior here? It's the first I've heard of Hummer seed- 
eating.

Tom C.

At 08:31 AM 2/16/06 -0800, Dyann Blaine wrote:

> Among the brightly colored jewels zipping to my hummingbird feeders  
> this chilly morning was the first Allen's that I have seen this  
> year - buzzing like a large orange bumblebee.  Perhaps this means  
> that the golden-crowned and fox sparrows (which I dearly love) will  
> soon stop grooming the foot-wide landing strip that they have  
> created through the length of my lawn this winter and spring will  
> soon be here.
> Dyann Blaine
> Orinda, off of Moraga Way.
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