2023 Hummingbird Thread

[NextJen]

Any sightings?

I put my feeder out late last week. Haven’t seen any here in Port Tobacco. They should be arriving in Southern Maryland any time now.

 

[Sneakers]

Was just thinking about that. Saw some vids on a sun-powered water fountain that the hummers really like. Think I'll make something like this. There are a few variants out there.

 

[RoseRed]

I haven't seen any yet. I plan on putting my feeder out this weekend.

 

[Ken King]

Haven't seen any yet, feeder out for a week, time to refresh it. The 2023 map shows a sighting in Calaway on 4/06

 

[PrchJrkr]

Haven't seen a hummer in about 10 years now.

 

[Ken King]

My first sighting a couple of minutes ago. Only one as far as I can tell.

 

[PrchJrkr]

I've got carpenter bees. Still hummerless.

 

[Ken King]

I've got carpenter bees. Still hummerless.

I've got a ton of those too. They are staying to the original shed that came with the property and leaving the house alone.

 

[NextJen]

I've got carpenter bees. Still hummerless.

Got a bunch of carpenter bees too. Seems like more this year than before.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Got a bunch of carpenter bees too. Seems like more this year than before.

They're met with a little shot of Brake Kleen around here. If you get a direct hit, they fly off never to be seen again. Sometimes they'll make a repeat visit, but they're a little slower and easier to hit the second time.

 

[TPD]

They're met with a little shot of Brake Kleen around here. If you get a direct hit, they fly off never to be seen again. Sometimes they'll make a repeat visit, but they're a little slower and easier to hit the second time.

No wonder you are not getting any hummers - you meamie!

 

[NextJen]

Good info

 

[frequentflier]

I haven't put up feeders yet but have a native coral honeysuckle on a side fence that started blooming about a month ago. The hummers love it but I cannot see it from my house so I don't know if they are here yet or not.

 

[Grumpy]

Wife hasn't put our feeders up yet but I did see one hummer buzz by about an hour ago.

 

[FettZilla]

Haven't seen one either. And my feeder is drying up.

 

[my-thyme]

My sign that it's time to hang the feeder - when the pine pollen becomes a cloud across the field.

So, not yet, but very soon.

 

[RoseRed]

Nectar is cooling now.

 

[Grumpy]

 

[PrchJrkr]

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I hear some of those every morning at first light.

 

[Sneakers]

Feeders hung.

Also put up the deer fence in the front garden.