Hummingbirds 2023

[bcannon]

Just had a male hummy do a flyby to check me out. Brave little fella, was in arms reach for a few.

 

[indyjohn]

Late to the party, apparently. Didn't realize it was past time. Put the feeder out 2 hours ago, just saw my 1st visitor of the year.

 

[Bugzilla]

Saw our first one today. Orioles showed up about a week ago.

 

[alc1985]

Saw my first Humming bird in Burns Harbor .

 

[flyingsquirrel]

I noticed an Oriole tugging at a rope so I cut the frayed end off for it. Gone very quickly so I cut some yarn up in 6" pieces. No go. Next I cut the yarn into 24" pieces and they were liked. White is preferred over red

 

[red_zr24x4]

Put our feeders out yesterday, saw 2 today

 

[Michigan Slim]

Just one so far hanging around. Was hoping to get my limit and grill them with bacon bits. Can't use normal bacon like dove or owl breasts.
Okok. The first sentence is true.

 

[Willie]

Hummers are few and far between in Southern Warrick county,,. Goldfinches are non-existent too,..after eating me out of house and home early spring.

 

[ghitch75]

we went from 4 or 5 this morning to 15 or more(hard to count them)this evening had 2 feeders now we have 5..

when they all get back we will have 8 feeders out and go through 10 pounds of sugar a week

 

[aconcealedlife]

Mine was extremely active yesterday morning! With rain today I haven’t seen any. My first was around 5/23.

 

[gassprint1]

I mixed 1 cup sugar with quart an half of water. They must not like that much sugar. The store bought stuff is ridiculously priced also with bird seed.

 

[mike4sigs]

Hummers activity is really increasing
anyone else notice this?

 

[bcannon]

Hummers activity is really increasing
anyone else notice this?

Definitely having a increase here. Went from refilling 6 one quart feeders every other day the 3rd week in June to refilling 7 this week.

 

[bcannon]

I mixed 1 cup sugar with quart an half of water. They must not like that much sugar. The store bought stuff is ridiculously priced also with bird seed.

1 cup of sugar to 1 quart of water has been my recipe since May. They seem to like it here.

Have stopped using small suet blocks here. They've went from 80 cents each to $1.60 here. Sticking with sunflower seeds only now. Might go back using them in the cold weather.

 

[Jaybird1980]

1 cup of sugar to 1 quart of water has been my recipe since May. They seem to like it here.

Have stopped using small suet blocks here. They've went from 80 cents each to $1.60 here. Sticking with sunflower seeds only now. Might go back using them in the cold weather.

Same ratio for us. Have never bought store bought and never put coloring in it.

The Hummers have been really active the last couple of days. They've been fighting over one feeder for some reason, probably 6 of them constantly fighting at that one feeder.

 

[SMHurt]

We had over 20 hummers yesterday and wife is changing out feeders a couple times per day. Its a big hobby and commitment for her to take care of her birds.

 

[bcannon]

Same ratio for us. Have never bought store bought and never put coloring in it.

The Hummers have been really active the last couple of days. They've been fighting over one feeder for some reason, probably 6 of them constantly fighting at that one feeder.

Have 3 feeders they like the most and are constantly full and always fighting for them. Don't understand why, they're all mixed the same.

Haven't ever used store bought either. My dad got me started doing this and always, I mean ALWAYS, would remind me that the hummers couldn't digest the food coloring and could kill them after time. Definitely no store bought for me.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Have 3 feeders they like the most and are constantly full and always fighting for them. Don't understand why, they're all mixed the same.

Haven't ever used store bought either. My dad got me started doing this and always, I mean ALWAYS, would remind me that the hummers couldn't digest the food coloring and could kill them after time. Definitely no store bought for me.

I had no idea they couldn't digest the coloring. It makes sense, the coloring wrecks our bodies, no surprise it would hurt a little hummingbird.

 

[bcannon]

We had over 20 hummers yesterday and wife is changing out feeders a couple times per day. Its a big hobby and commitment for her to take care of her birds.

It's definitely a big commitment. Isn't so bad at the beginning of the year being every 2-3 days between refills. This time of year is every day and becomes taxing when spending a hour or so a day for refills. It is what it is. They know where to get fed and I enjoy watching them dogfight and chase each other.

 

[Hkindiana]

I’m going through about 400 ounces of food every three days. I use filtered water to mix up the food as I doubt that the fluoride and other additives in tap water could be good for the birds