[E. Pluribus Unum]

I'm up to seven feeders now. Fifty hummingbirds at any given time.

The next few weeks the population will build and build as travelers on their way south stop by, and by the end of September they're all gone.

[MountainDad]

Watching 2 of them spar over a feeder outside of my kitchen window right now!

Amazing birds!

[lysie]

:-)

[Vendome]

I wish I was there.

Luv them Lil fellers...

[CyberAnt]

I had an Emerald Green Hummingbird who followed me for years. Every apartment I would move to .. the bird would show up outside my window. Very curious.

23 years ago, I moved to the apt where I now live .. and the bird never showed up there.

It was as though the bird knew I wouldn’t be moving anymore.

[morphing libertarian]

Bkmrk

[rockrr]

That’s pretty cool. I have a couple around but there are so many predators there aren’t many Hummingbirds in this neighborhood at all.

[Ezekiel]

Adorable, thanks.

Hummingbird wars have been providing daily entertainment. Seems like they really work up an appetite defending their “flowers”.

[CGASMIA68]

I am in Ct and log activity and notice every year at this time its like star wars out there battling for nectar.
I figure the flowers are fading and or they are loading up with energy for the trip to where ever.
In another week or so there will be maybe one and it will hang on till mid September and then none.
I leave the feeders up till freeze time just in case.

They are fun to watch.

[Maudeen]

Thanks for the post. I’m so thankful that God placed at least 3 hummingbirds at my place. When I heard that familiar buzzing noise. . .I knew. . .turned and there they were. Mine travel between the feeder and the flowers. Will be sad to see them go soon.

[boycott]

Beautiful birds. All part of God’s handiwork.

[yarddog]

I have a single feeder on my porch. I haven’t kept it filled for a year or so but used to enjoy the 3 or 4 which would visit it.

There was one who would chase all the others off. He would sit on a limb on a pecan tree. Just waiting for one to come to the feeder.

I tried many times to photograph them. I got quite a few but never a really sharp one. I believe they are the most difficult bird to photograph.

[DJ Taylor]

Hummingbird Heaven

Our home is surrounded with Rose gardens along with various other flowering plants, shrubs and trees which make it a favorite home for our annually migrating Hummingbirds. In addition to that, my wife has installed 12 Hummingbird feeders and keeps them filled with the birds' favorite nectar.

The other day our next door neighbor told my wife that one of "my wife's" Hummingbirds had become trapped in her garage and had starved to death. My wife went over to check it out and found a Hummingbird lying on the garage floor, covered in spider webs, and apparently lifeless, so she took it home and began to remove the spider webs from it when she detected a small spark of life within "her" Hummingbird. It took my wife most of the day to nurse that Hummingbird back to good enough health to fly away and join the others. They sat there together for hours chatting with each other between feedings, and I'm sure that little guy thought he had died and gone to Hummingbird Heaven.

Every Fall, when the cold weather forces them to return to Mexico, I'll bet my wife's Hummingbirds set there on a cactus counting the days until Spring when they can return to my wife's garden.

[siamesecats]

Very nice.

I sure hope you’re not feeding them that commercial colored water. That will kill them. Food coloring is not in nature.

The formula for feeding hummers:

1 part sugar (1 cup)

4 parts water (4 cups)

I apologize if I have offended, just wanted to make sure you’all don’t kill them in the process.

[RoosterRedux]

You have been caught in the act.;-)

[MomwithHope]

I have held a few in my hands over the years. Your eyes see you are holding something. You feel something in your hand. But it’s like they weigh nothing. Like you are not holding anything.

[little jeremiah]

Nice video! I love hummingbirds.

[Albion Wilde]

Ooh! Love the moments at :41 - :44 seconds where the bird faces the camera!

[tumblindice]

My little birds haven’t returned since the feeder fell and I had to refill it, and I miss them. They were thick last year, but I only had a couple, young females.
I used a box mix the first time, boiled sugar this time. Can the nectar be too thick/too much sugar?

[lagrange point1]

Had a bad experience about a week ago. I have several feeders set and ususlly 6 to 10 birds around, although one thinks he is boss. While watching one feed, a red tailed hawk flew at the feeder and caught a hummer flying away. Both birds fell a few feet to the ground. A few seconds later, the hawk flew away with the hummer in his talons.

Never saw anything like that before. I always thought hummingbirds were such good fliers that they could out fly other birds. Not this time. I hope this was a one time event, as I enjoy the hummingbirds in my area (east of Austin Texas).