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06/21/08, 12:53 PM
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WHere are the humming birds
I usually have 4-6 humming birds that hang around the place every year. This year I only seen three or four. I noticed a while back that I didn't see them and haven't seen them for a while, month or so. Their feeders (3) are full and waiting. Anyone else notice this
I like to sit in the rocker and watch them fight LOL Sometimes they would come right up into your face almost. I asked the neighbor and they said theirs were gone too.
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06/21/08, 01:05 PM
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where are the hummingbirds?
There is no shortage of them out here in southern california... Maybe ypu should plant a "Lions tail" shrub or an azeala (sp?), they seem to like those plants......
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06/21/08, 01:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 56farmerjohn
There is no shortage of them out here in southern california... Maybe ypu should plant a "Lions tail" shrub or an azeala (sp?), they seem to like those plants......
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I have four azalea and a red rhododendron(SP) in front of the porch 
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06/21/08, 01:34 PM
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we have about the same number as last year. they drain a small feeder every single day. we have other stuff planted that blooms seasonally like a red flowering quince and a red weilgia. i saw them bathing on the raindrops on my broccoli plants a few days ago.
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06/21/08, 02:08 PM
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We never have many - 3 or 4 - but this year only 1. Another showed up but #1 chased him off. Now #1 has gone away. Dh thinks it's because other stuff if finally blooming. I'll keep putting out the sugar water in case he comes back.
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06/21/08, 02:29 PM
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Here in Southern New Jersey we are filling two one pint feeders every 8 hours or so. Last year there were not as many. Our neighbors report they have higher numbers than last year.
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06/21/08, 02:38 PM
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i havent seen any humingbirds this year
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06/21/08, 02:45 PM
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For those of you in the east, you can track the ruby-throated hummingbird migration yearly at http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html. The migration is complete for this year.
We on the left coast have hummers all year around as the Anna's Hummingbird is found here even in winter. I had one waiting for me to put out a feeder when there was snow on the ground and it was 11 degrees. Anna's are tough!
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06/21/08, 03:32 PM
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We don't have a shortage of hummers. I don't feed them because I'm really bad at remembering to tend the feeders, but every year we have a few stake claims on various trees in the yard.
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06/22/08, 07:09 AM
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I noticed the same thing. I had four here this spring but now they are gone. Same with the Orioles.
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06/22/08, 12:14 PM
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Ours always arrive when the azaleas bloom, then vanish for a while around the time the multiflora rose blooms, and then show up again a few weeks later.
We always assumed they tuck in for a while to sit on their eggs.
Ours just showed up for the second time this year, peeking in the windows and chattering at us to get the feeders filled up.
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06/22/08, 12:47 PM
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At the beginning of the season, they send a scout that comes and looks in the window as if to say,"the rest are on their way, get the feeders filled quickly!". I have 4 feeders that I fill every day! Sometimes if I fill them in the a.m., I need to fill them in the evening beore I go to bed. There are probably between 25 and 40 here on any given day. And they fight and they feed and they chatter to us and each other and they are BEAUTIFUL!
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06/22/08, 02:27 PM
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We have more hummingbirds here this year than an any of the previous 30 years that I have been feeding them. It seems that they arrived a bit later than usual, but that could be due to the colder than normal "spring" that we had.
I go through about 6 cups of a higher concentration (1 part sugar to 2 parts water) feed per week.
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06/22/08, 02:46 PM
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Right now where I live the females are sitting on their nest so that really reduces my feeder activity.
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06/22/08, 06:11 PM
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i haven't seen a one in the city yet. i have 2 feeders out and lots of flowers for them. also a honeysuckle tree and a cardinal plant which is supposed to attract them. neighbors haven't seen any either but my son who is 30 miles away has to change his feeders twice a day. ...Georgia.
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06/22/08, 07:01 PM
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We had them earlier but we have not seen any in a few months now.
We usually have a few around here.
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06/22/08, 07:21 PM
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I haven't seen as many this year as I have in the past. Sure do miss them.
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06/22/08, 08:00 PM
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My MIL hasn't seen any this year, and she hasn't seen many butterflies either. Her entire yard is planted with flowers that they love, and still nothing. Last year she saw a couple hummers and tons of butterflies. I haven't seen any around our house since I was a little girl, back then we would get one or two a week. The populations must have all shifted towards those of you refilling twice a day!
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06/22/08, 10:37 PM
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I forgot to add that I am making 2 quarts a day to feed the little pigs with wings!
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06/23/08, 01:34 AM
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I am feeding them for the first time this year, though we have always had them buzzing around the yard in the summer, especially when the wild columbine are in bloom or the green pole beans. We are seeing 25 to 30 of them daily, male and female. Have the feeders hung right in front of the patio door so we can watch them from the living room. Fascinating little pikers! I think they are nesting in the trees in the pasture just to the east of the house.
Our property is quite wooded with only about half of the 160 in open field.
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