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Finally saw one female yesterday. What an odd hummingbird summer this is turning out to be.
I agree! Same here.
We've had some very busy days at the feeders, then hardly any for several days. By late June I usually have 4 feeders up. I put a third one up last week and took it down.
Finally saw one female yesterday. What an odd hummingbird summer this is turning out to be.
Still have not seen one female as yet.
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Originally Posted by Neditate
I agree! Same here.
We've had some very busy days at the feeders, then hardly any for several days. By late June I usually have 4 feeders up. I put a third one up last week and took it down.
I usually have four going myself. Last week I put out a second one, but plan on taking that one down this weekend. Also, in past years they have been so abundant I'd have over a hundred photos saved of them by this time. This year they've been so sporadic I can get my camera up fast enough to get a decent pic.
Friends who get 50-60 hummers a day are just now getting a few repeaters. This is unusual for them not to have their flock by now, but feel they will be more by next week.
I had 2 sightings the other day, both times female.
I have 14 feeders out and can tell in some of them, the nectar is less. I'm sure they're out there but I'm not seeing them. I was in my back yard under one of the feeders weeding and heard the hun of its wings. By the time I looked up, she was flying away, fast.
We've had hummers buzzing all over the place, and I have seen them sipping from my flowers, but not the feeder. I keep thinking that I must be doing something wrong? I've only had the feeder up for about a week, maybe I just need to wait awhile.
They will go after the flowers before a feeder because it's the good stuff. Sugar water is not their first preference but if there's not a lot of flowers around they will go for it. I noticed that pattern with mine. Spring and fall, when the flowers rare they hit the feeders hard. It probably depends on many factors.
They will go after the flowers before a feeder because it's the good stuff. Sugar water is not their first preference but if there's not a lot of flowers around they will go for it. I noticed that pattern with mine. Spring and fall, when the flowers rare they hit the feeders hard. It probably depends on many factors.
I have about 60 butterfly bush in my yard with all but 2 in bloom, not to mention numerous other flowers. I've only seen one of them feeding on a BB and that was a while ago.
Despite the lack of hummers, I continue to change out the nectar, needed or not. I'm sticking with just the 14 feeders I have out this year.
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