The Hummingbird Haven

[HomesteaderWife]

Absolutely stunning photos @swheat!

 

[swheat]

Thank you!

 

[swheat]

Ruby throat female

 

[swheat]

Mr.Ruby up-close

 

[HomesteaderWife]

It may be too early to talk about hummingbirds yet, but wanted to share Dollar Tree has their hummingbird feeders for $1 already online. We've had some of these last us a couple years so they're not half bad for the value. (Except for when the goofy squirrels think the flowers are food and eat them off) They are plastic so they do need a good scrubbing when using to keep them clean, but if you get ALOT of winged guests and don't have enough feeders, order yourself some extra!
Hummingbird Feeders Online @Dollar Tree

 

[HomesteaderWife]

If you can't get enough hummingbirds, there's a few live streams on YouTube right now:

Live Feeder Cam - active now

Live Hummer Mom on Nest (hatching soon) - side cam active now

Live Hummer Mom on Nest - same mom, overview looking into nest active now

 

[rosemarythyme]

Never too early for hummers for me, since they live here year round. I felt sorry for them this morning after we had 6" of snow last night (the feeders resembled sno-cones, with snow mounded all the way up to the hanging hook) so I've been swapping feeders in every few hours due to freezing and snow build up. The hummers seem to appreciate the effort.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@rosemarythyme - You’re a hummingbird hero! A mod on Hummingbird Spot was just mentioning tips for helping winter hummers. I’ll include here later

I believe one thing was using the 3/1 ratio instead during this time

 

[rosemarythyme]

@rosemarythyme - You’re a hummingbird hero! A mod on Hummingbird Spot was just mentioning tips for helping winter hummers. I’ll include here later

I believe one thing was using the 3/1 ratio instead during this time

Not a bad idea, especially since melting snow (or heavy rain) can seep into the holes and dilute out the sugar solution as well.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

@rosemarythyme - I believe the solution at that amount was meant to help prevent it from freezing if I am not mistaken.