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

[sixdogs]

this might help. for 2021

Hummingbird Migration Patterns and Maps

www.hummingbirdcentral.com

That is a wonderful chart of this year's arriving birds. Looks like they are already in the southern US and heading north earlier than past years.

 

[Rowdy Redneck]

Thanks for sharing the link! I have a couple of feeders I need to fill up and set out.

 

[psvfd]

Seen the first pair today, Ruby's.

 

[PILOON]

Last week we had a major snow melt so the spring feeling was in the air.
Not today, it went back to winter and snowed.
HOWEVER the talk of humming birds (and time change) gave us hope.
OK spring is actually in the air, and they predict sun and warm most of next week.

LOL, I left my Adirondack chairs on my dock to remind me what summer was like.
There was so much snow that they were TOTALLY buried! (that's 3+ ft)

The only downside is usually we get that one major snow event (like 24/36 ins.) B4 the end of this month. (sure hope not this year)

Now onto humming birds.
Usually they fly from window to window bobbing up and down to say "HI, we are here and hungry". Smart little buggers!

 

[goeduck]

I have clustered my feeders closer together (within about 8 feet) yet the first feeder I ever put up gets the most traffic. These little guys have an amazingly accurate GPS system.

 

[oosik]

Not yet here in NE WA state. But I DO keep a sharp eye outside.

 

[dragoneggs]

Not yet here in NE WA state. But I DO keep a sharp eye outside.

I suppose that leaves your lazy eye to... ?

 

[goeduck]

I suppose that leaves your lazy eye to... ?

...be inside?

I am guessing oosik stands in the middle of his doorway with his sharp eye outside and his lazy eye inside.

my kids are drinking about a cup of sugar water a day. Not a lot, but at a good pace.

 

[sixdogs]

my kids are drinking about a cup of sugar water a day. Not a lot, but at a good pace.

That is a lot of sugar water and a lot of bird visits. Are you dealing with swarms of birds or is your variety an unusually heavy feeder?

 

[sixdogs]

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