Hummingbirds in Florida?
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Comments (3)I had no damage here in Apopka either. We did however have a super cell go through the neighborhood @ 5:08 a.m. last Friday morning as I was getting ready for work. The damage up in Lady Lake / The Villages was about 45 minutes drive time from my house. Lee...See MoreHummingbirds in Orlando, Florida?
Comments (17)They are still around, Angelo. The most likely time to see them is at dawn and dusk. They need to eat before nightfall and they are very hungry at first light. You should be pretty close to Lucas nursery. Ask them and they will be able to advise you on hummer plants. Right now the red firespikes are excellent. I find the large red pentas very good also. The firespikes get big. The pentas not so much. There are many good hummer plants. A good idea is to put the feeder where you can see it from inside the house and put some flowers that they like near or around the feeder....See MoreHummingbirds in Florida? Part 2
Comments (15)It has been over a year since my last post so I will post an update. SUCCESS! I am happy to report that all the hard work has paid off! I've had three RTH's vist my garden since the last posting! Two males and a female, the males came in March. They were both migrants and only stayed for a couple days. Both of them showed up on tail ends of cold fronts, feeding only from my feeders. The female showed up around the end of May and stayed until the end of August. She would feed only from my flowers, she would look at my feeders but would not feed from them. She wouldn't stick around all day either, rather she would come and feed and then fly off somewhere else. There was a point where she wasn't seen for two to three weeks. I assume she was sitting on a nest? The flowers she seemed to favor was coral honeysuckle, black and blue salvia, batfaced and matchless cuphea. Was a little sad to see her go for the winter. But I'm hoping I can get some winter birds to spend some time with me this winter....we'll have to wait and see! This post was edited by TroyinLargo on Mon, Oct 28, 13 at 13:48...See MoreMy husband went to Florida and all I was was a Hummingbird.......
Comments (2)Ah Alli, that is so pretty :) What a sweet guy!!...See Morefour (9B near 9A)
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