Thanks, Penny. I guess it's just hard to imagine from my wintry location that there could actually be blooming flowers in a place as far north as Tennessee. If, as you say, the redbuds and buckeyes are blooming there, plus tree sap, and insects, and the occasional nectar feeder, I can see how they are subsisting. Looking at their northward advance from cold, still barren western PA, it just seems amazing. My concern wasn't so much that they couldn't stand the temperatures, (I know they can) just that it didn't seem to me that much would be in bloom before average high temperatures started to get into the 50's or 60's. On the other hand, when I think about it, Tennessee must be at least 2 and probably closer to 4 weeks ahead of us in their weather. When I think of where we will be by early to mid April, I realize that there will be quite a few more things in bloom like early azaleas, and some of the early flowering trees like plum, and the buckeye you spoke of that I have never actually seen around here. I knew about the ability of hummers (and caprimulgids like whippoorwills and nighthawks) to go into a torpor to wait out bad conditions, but it still amazes me that something as small as a hummingbird could be so tough and manage to find enough to eat in a landscape that still seems pretty cold and barren. I do realize that even tropical birds can stand surprisingly cold weather, as long as they have enough to eat. I guess the hummers are somehow managing to find it.

I forgot to mention, I plan to see the rest of them someday. Countries: Mexico (Nogales only), Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Turkey, Isreal, Spain, think that's it...all done when I was in the Air Force.

alisande - I just typed in the name of my town and then it put a marker on the map. You can also type in your street address if you want. Here is where I live. Clare Here is a link that might be useful: Aptos, CA

The bath area ins’t IN the living room, it is OFF the living room. Not the ideal arrangement for privacy, but you are renting so just set up the room as you normally would.