Where are the hummingbirds?

[TNhobbyfarmer]

I have noticed a marked decline in the number of hummingbirds using my feeders this year. Are you experiencing the same thing or does all seem to be normal?

 

[gotrocks]

Seems about the same in our backyard. We have three feeders hanging in a triangle pattern approx. 30 x 20 x 10.
Half way down in Alabama.

 

[psuedofarmer]

Also noticing an absence of hummingbirds in s/w New Hampshire. Very, very few compared to years past.

 

[EddieWalker]

We had three females fighting over one feeder last year and a male. This year there are two males and four females fighting over two feeders.

Eddie

 

[BTDT]

Seems normal at our place. They fight'n like crazy over the feeders.

 

[hudlow]

We moved last November and this is our first Spring at the new place. We have put up one feeder and have a couple or three using it regularly. At the end of last Summer we had about a dozen. I'm expecting more.

hud

 

[bncsauve]

Seems about the same to me

 

[DocHeb]

About the same here in Michigan. Overall, an article in the local paper remarked on the ~50% decrease in songbirds in general, attributed to mosquito-spread West Nile Virus. Of course, there are more mosquitoes since banning DDT, which was said to wreck havoc with bird populations. It just goes on and on and on.

 

[ToadHill]

A lot fewer in my area. We used to have 2 or 3 fighting to get to the feeder, this year we have only an occasional visit.

 

[Cliff_Johns]

A lot fewer in my area. We used to have 2 or 3 fighting to get to the feeder, this year we have only an occasional visit.

They all came to my house.

Oh, wait. Those are skeeters.

Cliff