Hummingbird pictures

[Nevada Ed]

Our feeder in Reno is not drawing as many now, probably due to all the rain and colder weather. lately?

There are still a few "Locals" hanging in there but I think they will be moving on if the weather does not warm up.

9:18 am, as I type the PC states it is only 54* outside, when it was 10* or more just ten days ago.

I have one that will sit on the feeder as I talk softly to it, as well as a pair
of doves, feeding on the ground, if I don't get too near, that are nesting in a near by tree, for the 2nd year in a row.

Joyce handles the HB feeder, while I maintain the bird feeder with, mixed seed.

 

[H Richard]

I have only had 3 "regulars" at my feeder, but somehow the level of sugar water seems to go down in about 4-5 days then refill. I've been using the clear concentrate this year and I like it.

 

[Rich Richardson]

Lots of Hummers in Colorado. Saw a baby last week but it turned out to be a Hummingbird Moth.

 

[Willyboy]

Hummingbirds

Nice photos everybody. You folks out West get all the hummingbird species
while us Easterners get most of the warblers. Willyboy

 

[LVSteve]

Lots of Hummers in Colorado. Saw a baby last week but it turned out to be a Hummingbird Moth.

Looks like a White Lined Sphinx moth. We sometimes get them in plague numbers here in Vegas.

 

[Faulkner]

This morning we are down to a dozen or so ruby throated hummingbirds still hanging around our feeders, down from a peak of 40-50 in August. We can tell they are certainly fattening up for the migration south.

I suspect they'll be mostly gone in the next few days, but we'll keep our feeders up for a few more weeks so the one's migrating through from up north will have a filling station to stop at if they need to. We've seen stragglers come through in the past on through late November.

 

[Onomea]

We had unprecedented heat this summer over most of the county I believe. Most folks do not realize that when it's over 90 degrees your hummingbird nectar will go bad in 48 hours. It is imperative that you change it and scrub the feeders every couple of days. When you have a shortage of hummers, I think most of the time their food has turned.

I had no idea that the nectar went bad in heat. I bet that's what those little fellas have been trying to tell me!

 

[H Richard]

I just refilled my feeder, but don't think there area any still around. We had a freeze warning last night. I'll wait a few days, but will probably dump the feeder and put away till next April.

 

[Retired W4]

We just put our feeder up and said good bye for the season.

Picture taken in July outside of Tucson.

 

[Greyman50]

One just landed on my feeder , sat and drank for 20 seconds even with Ian's rain and wind. The other birds are feeding too, need to put more feed out.