They have good memories also.
Every spring around mid-April I will see them just hovering, staring at the hooks I hang my feeders from.
We only saw our first hummer this past Saturday (we’re in the suburbs just NE of Washington, DC); our feeders have been up for a month, and we usually see them much sooner. I was getting worried - but they’re back!
-JT
Yep....I was told once birds have no memory. Each season when they come in town they all hover around cabins where the feeders should be!
The past couple of years I have had one. My feed is on the front porch. Last October I was on the porch and it flew close to me and looked at me then flew off. I didn’t see it again. I think it was saying good-bye. It’s back now. I assume it’s the same one. Fascinating indeed.