hummingbirds

bumperm · Sep 20, 2015

I've seen half a dozen today, but no more than two at a time, we are for sure thinning out. And several have been carrying tiny little bags with airline stickers on them.

Toyboy · Sep 21, 2015

I'm down to an occasional bird. I've got to believe they're pretty much through this area. I'll probably take the feeders down sometime this week.

midwesternhayfarmer · Sep 27, 2015

Wife saw two at the acreage in south central Iowa on Friday, never saw any Saturday or Sunday. Seems they have packed up and headed south. Still plenty of flowers blooming, but I guess their calender says it's time to go. Left the feeders up for another week. Supposed to cool off on Tuesday, guess fall is here whether we like it or not.

Mendonsy · Sep 27, 2015

Haven't seen any here since for about four days. It's about time that they left. It's a long way from here to the gulf coast.

DennisArrow · Sep 27, 2015

Here, they show up on April 1 and then are all gone by October 1. This cycle has been this way now for the last 10 recorded years. September 1st we had 27. Started the year with 4 males and 6 females staying by April 15. That population continued to grow with hatchlings showing up perhaps every 3 weeks. So, we pretty much tripled the population here over the summer. I know that our house cat got 2 and probably more...........

So, after the hard winter last year, we recovered pretty well. Our all time high back in 2005 was 58 on 7 feeders......LOTS OF SUGAR... The worst year for a population was actually last summer..... we had all of 12 birds at the end of the summer and that had pretty much remained a constant. Started off that season with 5 birds....

Now, if only we could do the same with quail........ God bless......Dennis

Redneck in training · Sep 28, 2015

They are few still hanging around in south central Iowa.

Bird · Sep 28, 2015

I haven't seen a hummer, even here in north Texas, in over a week. They'd been going through the sugar water pretty quickly, but it doesn't appear to have been touched in the last week.

wngsprd · Sep 28, 2015

Most of ours have gone, but still have about a dozen...mostly females and young. Usually see the last one in early/mid-October.

bumperm · Oct 17, 2015

We're doing what we can to encourage them to "Do the right thing", but clearly we are dealing with a recalcitrant bird here.

Billrog · Oct 18, 2015

TY for the good laugh this morning :thumbsup::laughing:

Lou66 · Oct 18, 2015

That was funny... thanks for the smile..

davesl708 · Oct 18, 2015

Did the bird get the message?

I saw my last bird 10 days ago. The Dark Eyed Junco's are here now.

Garycw · Oct 18, 2015

davesl708 said:
Did the bird get the message? I saw my last bird 10 days ago. The Dark Eyed Junco's are here now.

Never see the junco until the first snow. Then they magically appear.

bumperm · Oct 18, 2015

davesl708 said:
Did the bird get the message?

I saw my last bird 10 days ago. The Dark Eyed Junco's are here now.

I don't think so, though one did have a tiny sticker, "Acapulco or Bust" - being as we are so close to CA, maybe the sign should be in Spanish?

davesl708 · Oct 18, 2015

bumperm said:
I don't think so, though one did have a tiny sticker, "Acapulco or Bust" - being as we are so close to CA, maybe the sign should be in Spanish?

Lol. Maybe he's taking up desert life. Cutting down on travel time.

buickanddeere · Oct 19, 2015

Our's left the middle of September .

Lou66 · Oct 19, 2015

Too all the people up North that took the time to fatting those little Rascals up.. We thank you;; here on the Texas gulf coast.:laughing:. Lou

bumperm · Oct 19, 2015

Lou66,

I'm telling on you. Here's one with the wife before he reached your BBQ.

Lou66 · Oct 19, 2015

bumperm said:
Lou66,

I'm telling on you. Here's one with the wife before he reached your BBQ.

lol.. Bumperm,, those are jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon with cheese and real chicken in the middle..:licking: Lou

bumperm · Oct 19, 2015

Lou66 said:
lol.. Bumperm,, those are jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon with cheese and real chicken in the middle..:licking: Lou

Yeah, right! Next you'll be trying to tell me jalapeños have wings and skinny a&& little beaks . . . you ol' meany. :c)

BTW, before having the wife do that, I did it first. Put the feeder on a stool right next to me in the evening when they were desperate for their before bedtime meal. Did that just once. Next day took the feeder in and held a red dish. Took about 10 minutes of sitting still.

She was just thrilled when the first one came and perched on her hand.