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Island birder: Female hummingbirds hang around, males send signal of change

DON BINDLER PHOTO
Female ruby-throated hummingbird on its Shelter Island feeding tour.

Shelter Island birder and photographer Don Bindler of Silver Beach sent in this photo of a female hummingbird feeding in a Silver Beach garden.

He said the males already seem to have headed south on their migration back to Central America, leaving the females to raise their young. This bird appears like clockwork at specific times each day, Mr. Bindler said.