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I have pretty much made it a point in my life to see birds..
I'm not an avid birdwatcher or anything I just find the little creatures amazing.
I love the way they fly, glide, bathe, look around and take life in..
I have had caged birds in the past... My lovebird is going on 20 years old..
Came a point about 10 years ago I said to myself.. "I will never have another caged bird"
I simply can not do it... Birds do not belong in cages
Mind you all...,
Peaches is very happy is out a lot and sometimes rides in my shirt pocket for trips to the store..
Very tame, spoon and syringe fed as a chick.. he had a mate and when he was younger... never kept them in the same cage after she decided to bite his toes off..
Marbles ( Peaches mate ) is still alive and well.. their Vets assistant has had her for bout 10 years..
Still pretty mean from what I get out of it..
I want very much to see and interact with a hummingbird..
I have had scrub jays land on my hand for bread countless times..
I want to see a hummingbird... Not even sure how to go about it..
I had never seen a hummingbird until my wife and I went to a hummingbird and butterfly facility near Ft. Lauderdale.
I was thoroughly amazed and impressed to be walking through an aviary totally surrounded by them.
I suggest getting a hummingbird feeder, maybe planting some shrubs known to attract them if you can, and finally, you may have a local birdwatching club or lecture series in your area where you can meet other bird enthusiasts who may know of parks or other public locations where hummingbirds have been sighted, and you can then spend some time taking walks there.
I am lucky enough to see them in my backyard occasionally. They're hard to spot though. If I put my hummingbird feeder up I see more but then I have to make the sugar water and keep on top of it so it doesn't spoil once it's in the feeder. I don't always have the time to do that so I don't put the feeder up every year. I do try to plant red annuals and other plants that will attract them.
I totally relate!! I love birds, but I'm not actively a "birder", although I'd like to be. Not sure if I have the fortitude to go out into the woods and fields and be still enough, or solid enough with my hands and arms to hold onto the binoculars to get a good view!
I, too, had never seen a hummingbird, until I moved to Louisiana. Of course you should be able to attract them in Florida with a feeder. Not sure about the "interacting" part, but if you put up a couple/few feeders you should be able to attract them.
I get tons of them here in South Louisiana, I started with the cheap plastic red feeders. You don't need special nectar, and it doesn't need to be red. You can mix regular granulated sugar with water, 4 parts water to 1 part sugar, bring to the boil, cool, and put in your feeders.
Attractive plants will help too.
They are amazing little creatures, and not nearly as shy and fairylike as you might imagine!!
I get tons of them here in South Louisiana, I started with the cheap plastic red feeders. You don't need special nectar, and it doesn't need to be red. You can mix regular granulated sugar with water, 4 parts water to 1 part sugar, bring to the boil, cool, and put in your feeders.
Actually, the red dye is NOT good for them, so as you point out, regular sugar and water is just fine (and is what I use).
Get a hummingbird feeder and plant a lot of red flowers. They seem to really like red petunias!!
They sometimes look like giant bees.
Get a red feeder. If they are out in your area. You can hold the feeder out at arms length and hold still, and they will feed out of it.
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