Hummingbirds?

[kkott]

Came home Fridayto find I had two hummers still hanging around. Didn’t see them Saturday. That’s the latest we’ve ever had them.

Yep, each sighting from here on out is special! I still have daily visitors, but I'd say I'm at about 10% of the activity from a month ago. Mine will be gone this week and then I think I'll have a week of seeing migrators and then done. Think my last one the last 2 year has been around October 15 and looking like that again this year!

 

[bwcoach]

Yep, each sighting from here on out is special! I still have daily visitors, but I'd say I'm at about 10% of the activity from a month ago. Mine will be gone this week and then I think I'll have a week of seeing migrators and then done. Think my last one the last 2 year has been around October 15 and looking like that again this year!

We did have one female visit today on her way down to see you. Gone by dinner time. Have you noticed any difference in numbers caused by Helene?

 

[kkott]

We did have one female visit today on her way down to see you. Gone by dinner time. Have you noticed any difference in numbers caused by Helene?

Not sure I can really say, I was traveling this weekend and not really able to watch my feeders. I've definitely had more depart but still have 2 or 3 at each feeder that are here regularly and I see a bird feeding every couple of minutes.

 

[kkott]

Time to blow the dust off this thread and our feeders, down in the Carolinas anyway! I'm in a HB FB group and someone in Charlotte saw one at their feeder yesterday! Way early, but March sightings aren't abnormal. I usually see my first around the Masters, but I freshened the nectar and put them out yesterday just in case!

 

[hookyIU1990]

I have been spending a bunch of time in California over the last 3 months and have enjoyed watching the hummingbirds.

Unfortunately, the neighbor behind my FiL's house has decided to cut down five huge eucalyptus trees that attract them like a magnet. I'm curious to see how that affects the traffic at the feeder.

 

[kkott]

I have been spending a bunch of time in California over the last 3 months and have enjoyed watching the hummingbirds.

Unfortunately, the neighbor behind my FiL's house has decided to cut down five huge eucalyptus trees that attract them like a magnet. I'm curious to see how that affects the traffic at the feeder.

Overall, I think the western birds are more fun to watch. They don't seem as aggressive as the Ruby Throats. They still battle a bit, but oftentimes I'll see several (or more than several) at a feeder at once. That's a rarity for mine. I might see a couple at the same feeder a few times a year, while it's the norm out west in my limited experience.

 

[hookyIU1990]

100% the case. They seem to deal with each other in a much less territorial way than our Rubies do.