We are in Southern Maine, and,Yes, there is a sudden surge of hummies in our garden! I didn’t know about immatures looking like mama, great info! We started with the male around, and a bit aggressive- flying very close- and the last few days quite a few females-or babes. We have quite a bit of Jacob Cline bee balm, 3-4 ft. tall, bright red, they LOVE it, and the bright colors of annual zinnias attract them. If we are sitting on our patio, which is in the middle of our garden, they sit in the trees watching us. We stay really still and they come around. I love the “hum” when they wiz past!!!!

I have lived here in Mexico for almost 21 years & have been feeding hummers about 15 years. Yes, many more hummers this year! I saw eleven kinds last year but only seven kinds this year. I am still using eleven or twelve feeders. I was using 25 Kilos of sugar a week—that’s over 50 lbs a week but the hummers are thinning out now. Google Flossie the hummingbird lady.

I have gone through three 10 lb bags of sugar so far this year.  I’ve had more hummers this year.  They didn’t eat as much today, so I’ll have to replace juice tomorrow as it sours because it is so hot.
I have volunteered to work at the Hummingbird Celebration and Nature Festival at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs, MS for the past several years.  I’m looking forward to this year’s festival - Sept. 7 - 9.  Several thousand people attend, many from other countries.

We are in Southern Kansas, I have been going through 5 lbs of sugar per week, but recently it is more like 10 lbs per week.  I feel so sorry for the little guys as our temperature have been in the triple digits for several days and no rain for weeks.

When camping in early July at Moon Lake in Eastern Utah, we set out our small camp-size hummingbird feeders in anticipation of the usual small group of hummingbirds that show up. To our surprise, we discovered a beautiful new type. The Rufous Hummingbird. With the glorious florencent orange throat and rusty colored body. What a treat. We also had the Anna’s and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds visit throughout our stay. Beautiful and exciting to watch. We enjoyed every minute. I really enjoy watching nature.

I have rescued 2 who were in my garage on June1. One was buzzing around above the garage door. I reached for my “butterfly” net,(long thin 4 ft.bamboo pole, and large pink net) and there was another almost comatose in the net! Taking it in my hand, I noticed it still warm, but not very alive. I placed its beak in one of my feeder portals, and at intervals, removed the beak. Slowly and steadily, the heartbeat became stronger, and the wings became strong. Within a few minutes, it was trying to flutter away. And, miraculously, it did. Then I returned for the second one, capturing it in my pink net, and releasing him into the dusky evening. Last night, I counted 10 amongst my 7 feeders! Love those little buddies.. so tame, and such a presence all summer long.We call the males Herbie, and the females Hilda.

I had hummingbirds for several weeks (in Iowa)and then they stopped coming about the 1st of July.  I noticed at the same time that cardinals were either nesting in the bush next to the hummingbird feeder or were just flying in and out of the bush regularly.  Would that have anything to do with them leaving?  Incidentally, I change the water often and always have a clean feeder.  I have flowers all around that attracts them but I have never kept hummingbirds at my place for the summer.  I am beginning to think they have something against me!  lol

That’s so cool! I noticed that there were a lot more hummingbirds around and that they all looked female. I thought that it might be the babies from this year, but didn’t know that they all look like females until they grow into adults. This year is actually the first year I saw such an increase. I’ve had my feeder out for 3 years in a row now. I was wondering if I needed to get another feeder because of the increase in birds. ^_^
They’re a lot of fun to watch. They’re not so skittish this year. I had one come to the sliding glass doors looking in, I saw her and waved. She was probably like “Hey lady, come change the food!”

we pretty much have gotten just the one female and her offspring all year, every year. I have o nly seen the male once this year

I live in Lyndonville, NY, near Lake Ontario and every year we get hundreds of hummingbirds.  This year it seemed we had less, until a few weeks ago.  All the youngsters are out in full!  I also noticed a female pulling cotton from our hangers with cotton to build a nest, so I’m sure I’ll see more very soon.  I had to rescue one - we also leave grape jelly out for the Baltimore Orioles and it seems two hummers fought too close to the jelly and one was stuck in it.  I gently pulled it out and put it’s bill in the feeder for it to gain energy.  A few minutes later, it fluttered and flew off.  What a treat for me to have held that little creature!

thats agreat shot, what camera did you use to capture the shot?
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