East Coast Hummers are Coming!

[madweazl]

What's funny about hummingbirds is. In Wisconsin there was a restaurant that had hundreds, if not thousands of hummingbird all sharing feeders during the summer. Yet my experience is you can't get more than 2 at 1 feeder without a chase. Restaurant was a ways up a river from lake wisota

We had approx 50 at our house in AZ and there would be one at each perch plus others trying to hover in. There were plenty of quarrels but they coexisted well enough. It was dangerous to go out on the front patio when one of the feeders was empty; those little suckers would get right in your eyeball and start scolding you. We were refilling three feeders daily.

I think we only had three at the house here in VA last year but we'll see how it goes this year.

 

[homer1475]

Still snowing here in upstate. We put feeders out, and usually won't see any till mid june/early july.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Yep, I've seen pictures of multiple hummers at a feeder, but never saw it in real life.



I have only had one hummer at my feeders at any one time. If a second showed up, it was dive-bomb and chase. I'd like to know how they get multiple birds at a time!

 

[homer1475]

We only get one at a time too, unless its a male and female. They will coexist on the feeder together.

A few years back my next door neighbor used to sell hanging flower baskets all summer long. We would get multiples at the feeder back then, and they all got along. Since they stopped selling flowers, they will not coexist at the feeder.

No idea what the flowers had to do with it, but it certainly curbed the solitary attitude at the feeder.

 

[madweazl]

Saw our first of the season yesterday

 

[Paul B]

Here on eastern Long Island I put bucket feeders out for emu's. So far I haven't seen any.

 

[Jeeperz]

Had our first sighting of an Anna's this last weekend. Had the feeders out all week. Now if I could keep the Hawks from trying to murder the quail in my front yard.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Migration maps show otherwise, but still haven't seen a single little hummer:

 

[fish farmer]

I put feeders out last week. I saw my first hummer a couple days ago, southern Vermont. They are not going to like the snow forecast for tonight.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Saw my first this season two days ago. And we have a snow prediction for tonight as well.

 

[LARedstickreefer]

Not going to lie, I thought you were talking about the new GMC Hummer

I was also thinking of a different kind of hummer, but yours is much more appropriate.