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

[Gem99ultra]

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]

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]

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

 

[goeduck]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Doughknob]

Our humpingbirds are gone from northern oh.

 

[lman]

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