Great photos. I love those little guys. At home I usually only 1 at a time but at our place in the mountains we'll get 7 or 8. I like your feeder, is it easy to clean?

Nice! I have two similar feeders, one hanging on the porch and the other in a tree. I'm thinking of moving the tree feeder to the porch as well because it has attracted big black ants.

Have you ever thought about hand-taming hummingbirds? I haven't tried it (yet), but I don't think it would be difficult. I hand-tamed all the songbirds where I used to live, but haven't been able to do it here because I can't go out in the cold with bare hands. But it would be a wonderful experience to have hummers coming to us for food. And since you have so many, that would make it easier still.

Maire_cate, this feeder is extremely easy to clean. The bottle unscrews from the bottom, and then the bottom part snaps apart. The hardest part is the very bottom yellow section (where the hummers are perched) and even that has large openings in it so everything is easy to get at. I wish I could tell you where I got this one, but I can't. It was an end of year clearout somewhere 3-4 years back and I bought a couple of them.

I haven't tried it, Alisande, but I think it would be easy to do. They have absolutely no fear of humans. We've only had the feeder up a week, but it was empty when we got out there on Saturday, and one hummer was immediately up in our faces demanding to know where dinner was! They come up and feed when we're as close as 2-5 feet from the feeder.

You got some lovely shots of them!

WOW..Great photos!! I have several hummingbirds, but not at the same time.I won't start seeing more than 1-2 at a feeder until aroundthe end of July-Sept.

What are the little white ring looking things hanginf off your feeder?

Great pics! I love hummingbirds too. Mine aren't attracted to the hummer feeder so much this year, as the oriole feeder. I love watching these birds!

Love the photos!

If you stand real still and put your fingers along the perch on your feeder... the hummers will land on your hands to take a drink. You need patience, but it feels really cool! Like little threads... they are so light.

Your pictures are VERY COOL. You should submit them to Birds and Blooms magazine.The first time I saw a hummingbird, it was flapping its wings and making a buzzing noise. So small I thought it was a June bug.

I live in central Florida and we have hummers in the winter time - ruby-throated and I have been fortunate to have two Rufous as well. Please keep an eye out for any
birds that have a small band on the right leg. There is a banding project going on that is trying to find out where our winter hummers go during the summer. So far no luck in recapturing them in the summer elsewhere. It was thought that they would show up in the carolinas but not so. We know that they survive because we have them return to our yards year after year. (the same birds that is). One guy has had the same male show up now for 8 years in a row and my female Rufous has been here 2 years. If you ever see a banded bird, let me know and I can put you in touch with a bander who will come and capture it and ID where it was banded orginally. It is amazing how easy it is to catch them and release them again in just a few minutes.

Country_bumpkin, I think that what plastic ring thingy was on there to connect them to a cardboard base they were on in the store. I just forgot to cut it off. I'll have to be sure and do that.

mboston, I'll keep an eye out for bands for sure. How cool would that be to find out your hummers were summering here!?!

jannie, I always think that too, about them sounding like a bug. But I usually think bumble bee. Now, after being around the hummers more, I'm wondering if I've been buzzed by a lot more of them than I ever realized, and only thought it was a bee!

Susan, I used to see them at the oriole feeders too, back in MN. They say we don't get orioles here in the MI U.P. so I haven't put any out.

Lydia, I'll try that with putting my fingers out for them to stand on. Funny how you said their toes are like little threads, because that's exactly the way I was describing the way they looked to my husband yesterday.

Thanks everyone for the nice complements on the photos. I did get some really nice shots. Keeping in mind, of course, that these were the 'keepers' out of probably 200-300 hummingbird pictures that I took over the weekend :-) Isn't digital photography great? It gives you soooo many chances to get a good photo!

On of my favorite summer pass times is watching the hummers. We have a feeder that has always attracted many birds. NEVER do they share like in your pictures. I usually have several via-ing for the feeder. The swoop down and dive at each other to chase each other away. Does anyone know why some share some don't? My feeder never goes empty!!

Love love love your pictures. We have 2 at our feeder each year. Last year I think we had 3. I have one feeder on our front porch and one on the back porch. I thought if I did this they wouldn't fight, but they still do. We love watching them. I have my feeders hung by a fishing line so now we don't get any ants. Once my phloxs start blooming I'll start seeing the hummingbird moths.

I'll second the comment that hummers are very easy to 'train'. I've done it every where I've lived by placing a feeder near by where I can sit or stand. In a relatively short amount of time, they will sit on your finger instead of sitting on their perch.

After seeing the attached YouTube video, we're going to take it one step further and have them feeding out of our hands!
Take a look at it; it's amazing.

Here is a link that might be useful: Training hummingbirds in Alaska

Great shots! Love it.

I haven't put any feeders out for a long time, kept getting too busy to keep them filled and clean.

I'm glad to see you don't put red dye in your feeders.

Cute little hummmbugers!

That feeder is a great design. Wish I could find one here in California. That style doesn't drip as so many other designs will. And I like the little perches for them too. Mine doesn't have any perches. And they do fight here too. One bossy one will sit on a branch within 20 feet and chase all the others away who show an interest in HIS feeder.

What fun! Love those little feet.

Great pics!! They are sooo cute.

Great pic!!!!