Hummingbird 2023

[mgssamn]

It would seem if you have not seen one by now and you have visual of the feeder mornings and evenings and throughout day and know they are not coming, something is wrong, the set up or no birds- I am not sure. That said by this time you would have thought you would have seen one. And the obvious thing, if the juice is never going down, they aren't there.
There are a few days I dont see any, but not often. Some times they dont stay long so you do have to have it located where you can see them.
It would be a pain/frustrating to keep fresh juice for the season with no birds coming for sure. I am not an expert, but I would guess there are locations they don't like for some reason in addition to the position of feeder itself that may be an issue.

I wish I could send you some of the little guys. :-)

 

[CHenry]

Been doing this for 5 years from the current location and have had a few as 1, and up to 3 one year. 2 most years.
Not my first rodeo, LOL

 

[kingfish]

The most I've seen this year has been 4 at a time. Last year at times I couldn't count them all.

 

[mgssamn]

I have never not had any. That would be frustrating to me if they just didn't come and doing all the same.

 

[dlbleak]

I'm giving up on these little guys

Clay, what does your feeder setup look like? Do you have trees and shrubs nearby?

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Yep... 4 to 1 ratio of water/sugar.

Last year my daughter and mother-in-law set out several feeders here in Wisconsin, the birds were going crazy and fighting. Then they realized that they accidentally doubled the sugar . Had a bunch of crack crazy birds on their hands.

 

[Roadking Larry]

We put a couple of feeders out in the front of the house every year. I've seen 5-6 at a time on occasion.
Only caught a couple of Ruby Throated birds so far this year.

This was a couple of years ago, finally got the wife to quit buying the crap with the dye in it and just make her own.

 

[CHenry]

SEEN ONE!

 

[gunnut918]

Couldn’t say how many that are here. My feeder holds two cups and I fill it every day and a half now. The middle of July through August it will be daily. I have both red and yellow honeysuckle bordering my yard. Thinking that helps with numbers.

 

[RockHopper]

When I woke up to the storm warning sirens in Tulsa last night, I went out to my favorite tree to have a good look at the sky. It was just breezy with a light smattering of rain. As I'm tcb, the wind suddenly came alive and wacked me in the face hard with a branch. Then as I start turning in circles to avoid what the sudden hurricane is doing to my stream.......something suddenly stung my chest.
I looked down expecting to find a twig had stabbed me in the wind, but realize something Is clinging to my shirt for dear life. I instinctively brushed it off before realizing it was a hummingbird. The wind snatched it, and it's probably somewhere in Texas by now I imagine.