We have 2 feeders and a half dozen hummingbirds hanging around. They are amazing.

 

We NEVER have magpies. Had a flock go through yesterday.

We rarely see pileated woodpeckers. Just saw one this morning.

Love migration time--never know who is going to come to call.

 

All my hummers least those that frequent my feeders, have left.
Or should I say I haven't seen one for the last 4 days.
The other fact is the sugar water levels haven't changed in any of the feeders. Sooo.

 

I now have 7 humming bird feeders up. Each holds about 3 cups of sugar water and has 4 feeding ports. We have about 25 humming birds zooming in and out from earliest daylight till dark, I'm having to refill the 7 feeders every 2 days.

What would they do if I were not feeding them? There are not many flowers still blooming around here (central Mississippi)?

I find it hard to believe that those tiny birds can fly all the way to Latin America.

 

Feeders were a pain in Colorado because they chummed up the bears. Here they chum up the wasps. We planted some zinnias in front of the dining room window. Hummers love them, and we get to watch them as we eat with no mess to deal with. Back deck has some morning glories planted near it so we can watch them there.

Sure beats that sugary mess!

 

Wow! We have a 24 ft. x 4 ft. bed of zinnias and the butterflies and bees love them---but I've never seen a humming bird near them. They also don't care for lantana blossoms---but the butterflies do.

 

Hummers and butterflies both love our zinnias----more than the feeders. Yesterday a hummer and a monarch had a near mid air collision both heading to the same bright pink zinnia.

 

I've had hummingbirds in my lantana, but they'll pass it over if there are other plants blooming.
Their favorite flower here is jewelweed. A patch usually grows in the wet spot on the north side of the house. It's drying up because of the drought so the hummingbirds have had to visit the butterfly bush and mandevilla vines.

 

Yeah. The only flowers that our humming birds ever visit are those with long, tubular shape blossoms like honeysuckle.