Are my bird counts way off??

I began to wonder about that when I received an email from my friend, Susan, in Minnesota the other day.  I include it here for your enjoyment:

JB-
For some reason, this story popped into my head this morning.  I've been
meaning to tell you this since October!  My neighbor asked if I had a
hummingbird feeder.  I told him yes, I put up two every year around May 1st
and take them down on Oct 1st.  Why then?  Well, I don't want the
hummingbirds hanging around too long and it could get too cold on their
migration to S. Am.  He looked at me like I was speaking Russian for a
moment and asked "What migration?"  I said, you know, when they fly to S.
America for the winter.  He said, "You don't think they fly all that way, do
you?"  Well, yes I do.  "Well, everybody knows they ride on the backs of
geese and they only fly at night."
I had nothing else to say which does not happen often....
Other questions came into my mind but I knew they would seem pointless to
him; like, is there only one hummingbird per goose or do they line up like
little Woodstocks on Snoopy's roof?  How do they meet up with the geese?  Do
the hummingbirds listen and wait and then hop on, or do they look for a
place where geese are feeding perhaps and then hop on like ticks?  What if
the geese do not migrate like the ones here in Rochester?  Do they hang on
all winter anyway?
Now you know the truth about hummingbirds and geese.  Please check your
geese when you do your counting as there may be hummingbirds attached to
them.
sjjj
Hmm…
Guess I’d better get a real powerful scope out each count day to check the backs of those geese!  :)  Let’s see, 50,000 snow geese could mean at least 50,000 hummers… 

Well, all those high winds yesterday have brought plummeting temperatures to my neck of the woods (or marsh, as the case may be).  Seems like the next three nights I’ll be leaving my faucets drip all night so things don’t freeze up.  As I think I’ve said before, I don’t want to put the stinky water here into my fresh water tank.

Do any of you have trouble figuring out who your new followers are?  I’ve had a couple the last week or so that I can’t seem to find.  Maybe they are folks that don’t have a picture?  I like to send a personal email to new followers, but can’t if I don’t know who they are.  So, if you haven’t received a welcome email from me, please leave a comment so I’ll know.  :)

The other day fellow blogger, MERIKAY, posted a recipe for pulled pork using root beer and BBQ sauce in a crock pot.  That reminded me that I had a small pork roast in the freezer, so today I cooked it up for pulled pork my way.  I don’t care for BBQ sauce, so instead I used chicken broth, lots of garlic, and some dark honey that I got while in La Palma, Canary Islands.  It was delicious!  :)  Thanks for the reminder, Merikay.

Did you know that the pot holes in Chicago don’t seem to be as numerous this year as last?  I’m just happy I’m located in an area where I don’t need to worry about those nasty things any more.  :)

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy