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04-29-2019, 08:49 PM | #1 |
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Hummers?? 2019
Anyone seen any hummingbirds yet? Last year our first one was May 2nd.
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If they are smart they will stay South of here for another couple of weeks !
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At 3:23 pm today while standing at the kitchen window my hummer appeared. Came to about 3 feet from the window and wavered side to side and nodded his head to me.
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Put feeder out today
I put my feeder out today. Haven't seen one yet.
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Woo hoo
Woo hoo... Feeder put out yesterday around 5pm, 1st hummingbird (that we saw) arrived for its 11am seating for an early lunch. Let the games begin.
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Have you seen this migration map?
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/h...g-2019-map.htm You can add your sightings. |
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A photo from my ringside seat. Maybe 8ft from my recliner.
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I put the feeder out yesterday, no hummers yet.
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05-05-2019, 06:02 PM | #10 |
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Put the feeder out today and had one this afternoon.
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05-06-2019, 08:41 AM | #11 |
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They showed up at my place in Meredith on Saturday.
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05-07-2019, 10:13 AM | #12 |
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Just saw my first Hummingbird this season!
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They'rrre back...
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05-09-2019, 10:13 AM | #14 |
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Putting my feeders out right after typing this...
And....not two hours later a hummingbird appeared right on schedule! Last edited by Hillcountry; 05-09-2019 at 05:01 PM. |
05-09-2019, 10:48 AM | #15 |
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Previous years, Walmart always had a small, single bird, one hole hummingbird feeder that sold for about 94-cents ...... and it seems to have disappeared from the local stores.
Rand's Hardware in Plymouth has a large inventory of very unusual bird feeders so's maybe they have one? Made by Pennington, anyone know where there's a 94-cent, one hummingbird at a time, feeder like this, for sale? The old one disappeared over the winter while hanging from an outside eave, and I suspect it got attacked and carried away by a crow.
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Interesting Species...Madagascar Gecko
Many hummingbirds start their northern migration by crossing Yucatán, Cuba, Key West, then northwards through peninsular Florida.
When Floridians put out their hummingbird feeders, they'll attract lizards and the Madagascar Gecko. From a Florida website, this picture—through a window screen—is a baby, as adults get up to a foot long: Better specimen:
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Do you get more than 15% off with the foot long?
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05-10-2019, 05:44 PM | #19 |
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Don't forget Chick a dee station https://www.chickadeestation.com/
Lee Huston started this and ran it for years after retiring from owning the gulf station at the corner of 25 and moultonboro neck. unfortunately Lee passed away last year but the store is going strong with a new local owner. |
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Our 1st hummer on Welch this afternoon, about a week late.
There is more to the story. We have a side deck that until last fall had a very large pine tree at the corner of the deck, lakeside. We always hung the feeder on the leeward side of the tree as we face west. Last fall, as the OP was a witness to, that tree was taken down by Arbor Tech. So this spring we hung the feeder just outside a window on the side deck. While only 10' away, looks like it took a few days for the boys and girls to catch on. And about feeders. We have a very old feeder with a red bottom and 3 yellow "flowers" each with a perch ring. It is old and grungy. We have several new and better looking (to us) feeders that we have tried. Nope, nothing doing. So the old grungy looking (to us) feeder is back out there. |
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They have great memories
When I am late putting them out, I'll see one or more come to the area outside under window where the feeder normally hangs, and they will hover back and forth, looking for it.
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05-14-2019, 08:33 AM | #23 |
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They're Back!
Put out two hummingbird feeders yesterday at our cottage on East Bear Island. In about an hour later, our small friends returned.
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I put mine up last Friday. Before I even walked away, one was buzzing the feeder.
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05-14-2019, 05:38 PM | #25 |
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Mine is (are) back.
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05-17-2019, 08:55 AM | #26 |
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This little guy (male) sits on our porch rail almost all day long. When a female comes to feed he chases her to who knows where then returns back to his pine perch to once again pine away for a mate!
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Hummers v Orioles
Put the Hummingbird feeders out last week, Hummers were all around...then yesterday 2 Orioles took over....tried to feed then found the only way to get at the nector was to shake the feeder side to side causing it to leak. Decided to put up a Oriole feeder..should have had a camcorder to tape the show. After hanging upside down under the new feeder trying to peck away at the metal bottom they finally figured out how to use it. Now I have two pairs of Hummers & a pair of Orioles buzzing the tower....fun to watch!!!
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Surprise Visitor
A small hummingbird flew inside our screened porch area through a door we had propped open to allow our pups passage. We removed one of the large screen panels to allow it to leave. 🐻
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Our hummingbird feeders hang from porch beams so none of all the bears on our island can reach them.
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06-22-2019, 09:27 PM | #31 |
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Hummer tody
this little cutie has spent a good share of the day feeding here.
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Left early this year?
I was seeing hummingbirds constantly until three days ago. The last three days, nothing. I think they may have headed south about a week earlier than normal this year. Anyone else?
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Mine is still here. In fact, yesterday he was upset that I let the feeder go almost dry. I filled it up and he was drinking before I got back inside the house.
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Not ten minutes after I posted my comment I saw one in the garden flowers. They're definitely not on the feeders like they were three days ago.
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A small visitor visited our feeder at dawn this morning on East Bear Island. Yesterday, we watched a pair duel for several minutes near the feeder. 🐻
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They are in a feeding frenzy right now getting ready for the long flight. I bet they are gone in about a week.
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None at the feeders since last week. They came to the windows to say goodbye and see you next year. One feeder remains as one never knows but the level has remained the same.
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One outside my window this morning looking at their reflection.
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Sweet September
Still here on East Bear Island enjoying our nice weather. They do not want to encounter the winds of Hurricane Dorian. 🐻
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Still lots of them at my feeders. I'm always amazed at how much energy they use/waste chasing each other away from the feeders when there are 5-6 ports and plenty of food for all.
On a related tangent, has anyone come up with a good way to keep ants out of your feeders? Mine are hanging from thin stings and the ants still get there. I've tried the water moat on the top, but sun and wind usually take that away quickly. I've also tried bug spray on the string but that only lasts until the next rainstorm. Last edited by Merrymeeting; 09-06-2019 at 12:31 PM. |
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Getting Antsy
By mistake, I hung our water moat upside down, and have not seen any ants on the feeder. Also, try coating the "thing stings" [😁] with Vaseline to see if that works. 🐻
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I found that the cups above the feeder work well if you keep the cups full of water. I have a large cup and then one is built in at the top of the feeder. I had almost an 'ant-less' season. Of course you have to keep the cups full
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Thanks. I try. But living on an Eastern shoreline, we frequently get winds high enough to start the feeders swaying and the water sloshes out.
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I still had at least one around my feeder on Monday. Haven't seen one lately but haven't been out much this week either.
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A hummer flew into the screened area on our front porch through an open door this morning. We removed one of the screen panels to help it out. 🐻
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The ones that frequent our feeder have left as of sometime last week.
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I am pretty sure ours are gone. We had a visitor pass through a couple days ago.
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Snow Bird?
Have not seen any hummers since last week. A house guest at our place on East Bear Island reported that he saw a hummer at our feeder wearing a flight helmet and goggles, and had a knapsack on its back. It was last seen heading southwest, possibly on its way to Central America. 🐻
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See you in the spring
Last one seen on Saturday. Now into the 4th day with no visitors in sight. Feeder will be coming in today, clean it, put it away, and bring it out in April. (Used to be Mother's Day).
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None here for many days either.
Also, FWIW, the Vaseline didn't discourage the ants . Smeared it on the iron arm holding the feeder. Black spots floating inside are dead ants, and you can see one crawling on the right petal, and there's one coming down the string. |
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Hummingbirds Reach the Gulf of Mexico...
They're "fueling up" to cross from the US to Yucatan, Mexico.
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