Hummer time... in February!
ZachS. z5 Platteville, Colorado
6 years ago
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tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
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First Time Trying to Atract Hummers
Comments (20)Here in the DFW area I usually see my first one about Mid April. Numbers increase in May, then July and Aug are our peak times. Usually Labor Day Weekend is the last of the hummer wars. After that I'll see one or two every few days. By the end of Oct I'm not seeing any at all. Thanksgiving I take the feeders down and throw the poppy seeds out. I tend to see mostly black chin, sometimes its a ruby. Neither of these will share a feeder for me. The only time I've seen hummers sharing is down in the Hill Country. If you get some of those hummers maybe they'll share at your place? I've had lots of visits today to both the feeders and my native coral honeysuckle. Don't have anything else blooming that they like. There are tons of bugs for them though. By July I'll have a yard full of both bugs and blooms. Good luck building your hummer haven **** and **** getting them to claim it their own....See Morehummers,hummers and more hummers.
Comments (1)Hummers usually only have 2 nests in a season but in your area it is possible I suppose for 3 nests and they only have 2 eggs to a nest. You could be getting some migrators right now as well as your regulars. Penny...See Morefirst full time hummer this year
Comments (2)guess it's going to be a regular has been here 3 days now and visits every few hours...See MoreRare hummer sighted (article) & question about winter nectar plants
Comments (8)I have a winter hummer visiting my garden in Augusta, GA. It has been hanging around since November. Up until this week I had salvia coccinea and salvia involucrata, "Ugly Shrimp Plant", and Flowering Maple (Abultilon pictum) . Yesterday am the low of 25 completely killed both salvias but parts of the shrimp plant with flowers are still ok and the Abutilon was untouched. You might try any or all of those plants. The shrimp plant was a pass-along from hummingbird gardeners in south Louisiana so I don't know a specific name....See Morecatherinet
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