Hummingbirds are back.........

[bgelber]

I saw my first hummingbird of the year this morning

. I came in the house, made fresh food, got the feeders out of storage. Now they are hanging on my porch.

 

[Imp]

Yea! for you.

I haven't seen any recently, but they will overwinter here, and the feeder is almost empty. So I guess I'll be making more today.

Imp

 

[chikky]

Congratulations! I need to get my feeders ready and put out...they should be showing up here most any day. I really enjoy watching them - they're soooo territorial with the feeders.

 

[Pinky]

Have any recommendations for flower that will attract them?

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

Awwww! I love, love hummingbirds! I remember being fresh out of Australia and seeing them out our window in Ca. I couldnt believe how small they were! adorable.

 

[wekiva bird]

They come to my Pomaganate bushes and you can eat the fruit and the chickens love them too.

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[KristyHall]

careful! those are mean little things! You haven't been cussed out until you've been cussed out by a humming bird.

 

[bgelber]

Oh yeah, I know all about being cussed out by those little guys. The males are the worst.

 

[bgelber]

Oh yeah, I know all about being cussed out by those little guys. The males are the worst.

 

[justbugged]

I get cussed at all the time by Larry the hummingbird. I thought that hummingbirds migrated south for the winter. I was shock to see a hb late one winter day. We had a really bad storm coming in and the bitter cold with the storm. We had to rig the hb feeder so that wouldn't freeze. It has been at least three years now that we have been feeding Larry the hb. I am scared of the little bugger. I have been hit up side the head, and I wasn't doing anything, but sitting and reading to myself. I think that I am feeding at least a pair of hbs now. I saw Larry dive bombing another hb just yesterday.

I have named all the male hbs Larry, and all the girls are named Fred. That keeps things simple around here with all the buzzards.