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Hummingbirds are back

5 years ago

I ran and filled up the feeder but they didn’t pay attention to it. Too many coral honeysuckle flowers available, I guess.

Omar

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

5 years ago

Not to flaunt the situation but hummers are year round residents here. We do get some migratory visitors as well, but Anna's live here 24/7/365. Did my weekly brew of nectar and the feeder cleaning this morning and I swear they were hovering around just waiting for me to hang the clean, fresh juice. Many repeat visits during the course of the day!

I would expect the activity to decline for the next few weeks as they are typically nesting at this time and one rarely sees them....even the males. But we had a hard late winter and we are behind schedule by a number of weeks. I guess they are too :-)

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gyr_falcon
5 years ago
I took a peek at the migration map, and it appears your birds are among the leading edge of sighting reports. And that reminds me, I need to go out and refill one of my feeders.
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MsRed Byrd
5 years ago
We just got a new hummingbird feeder in the mail. Can't wait to see if they will come to it. We love hummingbirds. Where do you place your feeders?
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Vulture61
Original Author
5 years ago
I have it in a visible spot (open area) next to my coralbean bush.

Omar
Irving Ragweed (Austin 8b)
5 years ago
That's good news. Turk's cap remained evergreen, flame acanthus is leafing out and second-year standing cypress is taking off like a rocket. Here's hoping the aerial acrobats enjoy a bountiful harvest.
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castro_gardener
5 years ago
One showed up here at the columbine yesterday. Little black-headed fella. I shall put out my new feeders! Got some at the dollar store since they will actually open up for cleaning. I hate that the well-made feeders are so hard to clean.
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mblan13
5 years ago
Good on ya! We wont see them here in PA for a while yet. I keep checking the "Journey North" website!
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loreleicomal
5 years ago
My first male hummer showed up on the 13th, first females on the 16th, first monarchs on the 14th. I’m in southern Coam County. Last year, the first hummer was on the 7th.
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popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years ago
Saw the first one of the season in my yard yesterday. During a rain downpour, I saw her perusing the lilac. It is one of the few things in full bloom right now. As soon as this Seattle-like weather passes, I'll put up a feeder!
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We love Hummingbirds! Great time of the year to see so many of them.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
4 years ago
"Seattle-like weather"?? So it was 75F and sunny there?? :-))
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popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
4 years ago
Haha, gardengal...okay, maybe I should have said Pittburgh-like weather. It was 50-ish gray, rainy all day. Very unusual for us. And now I'd have it back if I could. It snowed off and on all day today and we are under frost warning for tonight. I feverishly covered what I could yesterday. We shall see.
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