Anyone else have an unusually large number of hummingbirds this year?

Gem99ultra · Sep 24, 2022

Wakey said:
I'm an hour east of Atlanta and just about all of them are gone. I had the best year by far in the 6 years I've lived on this property, but they have most certainly moved on.
I've been filling two feeders about half full and will continue to do so until I don't see any hummers.

Same here. Last week we had flocks of 50+ coming through, all loading up with food. Yesterday we had 3 all day. I agree, I think they've moved South. Of course, frigid weather (55*) hit us this morning, so I sure don't blame them.

lman · Sep 24, 2022

sixdogs said:
Has anyone in mid America seen any hummingbirds lately? We're always reluctant to pull down the feeders if there are stragglers out there. We've seen some over the years.

Haven't seen any in about a week here. It was 38 here yesterday morning.

ArlyA · Sep 24, 2022

My spouse says the juveniles are still passing through here. Rubies can do freezing overnight temps.

goeduck · Sep 24, 2022

We are still running a good number of traveling birds every day before we settle down to just the residents through the winter.

Larry Caldwell · Sep 24, 2022

The rufous are all gone, but Annas winter here. There are a bunch skylarking around. A friend north of Seattle hangs a heated feeder. I should buy one. Getting up at dawn to replace the frozen feeder with a liquid one is a PITA.

psvfd · Sep 24, 2022

We have the same as all summer, about a dozen. I have three feeders out and they fight over each one. It was 66 degrees Fahrenheit this morning, now 92.

goeduck · Sep 25, 2022

The reason I think that I still have travelers is that the first feeder that I ever put up back in 2016 is getting more use than the others right now. I only had 1 for the first few years. During the winter and summer when I mostly have residents, the use is balanced out. The residents obviously have found the other feeders, but travelers are doing a pit stop of the feeders they know and get back on the road. Over time I suspect that will change as young travelers find the other feeders. This is my theory anyway.

sixdogs · Sep 26, 2022

We saw one in central-south Ohio yesterday. Didn't look like any of our regulars from summer so must be a transient.

Doughknob · Sep 26, 2022

Our humpingbirds are gone from northern oh.

lman · Sep 27, 2022

We had two at our feeders today after not seeing any for over a week. These two must have been passing through.

ArlyA · Sep 27, 2022

I think you guys have Rubies at your feeders, you just don't see them.

Doughknob · Sep 27, 2022

Nah. I think the MI birds just haven't got the word yet about a harsh winter coming. It's the peninsula-communication-isolation-effect.....

goeduck · Sep 28, 2022

Doughknob said:
It's the peninsula-communication-isolation-effect.....

There is a tiny part of Washington State that you can only get to from Canada or by water. They are also really isolated.

sixdogs · Oct 1, 2022

This is a fall 2022 migration map. If you scroll down and click on the dots on the map it will show the last date someone saw birds in various locations. It looks like they're gone for most of us and headed to warmer weather for a while.

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Larry Caldwell · Oct 1, 2022

No information from the West Coast. Annas winter here every year. Gonna install a feeder heater this year to avoid being strafed by hungry hummers at dawn when their feeder is frozen.

goeduck · Oct 2, 2022

Are you going to buy a heater or make one? I have been meaning to do that as well.

Diggin It · Oct 2, 2022

I hadn't seen any for several days. Thought sure they were gone, which would have been about 2-3 weeks early. Then just a little while ago, I almost got speared by one headed for the feeder. I think mine are gone and this one is a migrant.