Hummingbird 2024

[RoseRed]

Mine have been crazy busy here. I swear they pop up and down like a Harrier aircraft! The female has gotten used to me and will fly 3 feet up to my face. The others, not so much.

 

[Kinnakeet]

We now have 6 flying around and 1 little azzhole I have named George will fly in and knock others off the feeder I cannot figure out why all of them come to 1 feeder when there is 3 of them

 

[RoseRed]

We now have 6 flying around and 1 little azzhole I have named George will fly in and knock others off the feeder I cannot figure out why all of them come to 1 feeder when there is 3 of them

Mine go full contact and bash each other out of the way.

 

[Ken King]

I've got three feeders up.

#1 - only ever see two users, very aggressive. Pint lasts about 5 days.
#2 - three to five users, not nearly aggressive as #1. Pint lasts 2 days.
#3 - too many to count (wife estimates about 20), very active comings and goings. Fresh pint about every five to six hours.

 

[phreddyp]

I got two feeders up about 15 visit them early morning late evening, they bomb each other incessantly. The rest of the day 3 or 4 at a time. They remind me of the Keystone Cops.

 

[RoseRed]

I have also noticed a lot more blue birds this year. Neighbors put up a blue bird house and they said there have been 3 families in it so far this season. I actually saw 3 yellow goldfinchs this morning on my way to work.

 

[Kinnakeet]

I've got three feeders up.

#1 - only ever see two users, very aggressive. Pint lasts about 5 days.
#2 - three to five users, not nearly aggressive as #1. Pint lasts 2 days.
#3 - too many to count (wife estimates about 20), very active comings and goings. Fresh pint about every five to six hours.

You might want to buy stock in sugar if you make your own brew for them for #3

 

[Ken King]

You might want to buy stock in sugar if you make your own brew for them for #3

No sh!t!!! Matter of fact got to get some more today.

 

[Kinnakeet]

No sh!t!!! Matter of fact got to get some more today.

I stopping after work to get some as my wife informed me 3 more showed up today and its like the WWF cage match out there.

 

[Ken King]

I stopping after work to get some as my wife informed me 3 more showed up today and its like the WWF cage match out there.

Mine is as rowdy as a UFC match when Trump shows up.

 

[Ken King]

Oh, one other thing I discovered is that when one particular bird is chasing, or maybe being chased, it makes like a siren sound as they scream by (think WWII German Stuka dive-bomber).

 

[Sneakers]

Oh, one other thing I discovered is that when one particular bird is chasing, or maybe being chased, it makes like a siren sound as they scream by (think WWII German Stuka dive-bomber).

I've hear plenty of chatter and annoyance sounds, but never a dive bomb run siren.

 

[RoseRed]

I've hear plenty of chatter and annoyance sounds, but never a dive bomb run siren.

Same.

 

[Ken King]

I've hear plenty of chatter and annoyance sounds, but never a dive bomb run siren.

Same.

Been hearing it for a while. Today sitting on the porch with the wife she asks if I heard that. Told her yep, been happening often,

 

[Kinnakeet]

They just keep coming now those pesky hornets or wasp are in the mix I seen 1 wasp/hornet chase a bird off when he comes back it is going down like kamala on sweet willy brown .

 

[Ken King]

now those pesky hornets or wasp are in the mix

Had a similar issue in seasons past. The wife had me take ziplock sandwich bags with about an inch of water and a penny in each corner and hang them on the porch between the feeders (theory is that a wasp/hornet/bee will view them as larger critter). I thought it was BS, but what could it hurt, so I did it. Haven't had a problem with them this year as in years past.

 

[luvmygdaughters]

We now have 6 flying around and 1 little azzhole I have named George will fly in and knock others off the feeder I cannot figure out why all of them come to 1 feeder when there is 3 of them

Ours do the same thing. We've got four feeders but they all like to flock to one and then chase each other off. My husband thought maybe the other ones were clogged, checked them and they're working fine.

 

[Ken King]

Oh, one other thing I discovered is that when one particular bird is chasing, or maybe being chased, it makes like a siren sound as they scream by (think WWII German Stuka dive-bomber).

Found out that the "whistle" is made by the male shaking its tail feathers while in a high speed dive. Trying to impress a female - https://www.audubon.org/news/hummingbirds-shake-their-tail-feathers-generate-high-pitched-sounds

 

[Sneakers]

I have also noticed a lot more blue birds this year. Neighbors put up a blue bird house and they said there have been 3 families in it so far this season. I actually saw 3 yellow goldfinchs this morning on my way to work.

I have a male and female goldfinch that come daily to drink. I have a birdbath that I keep full, and a 9" shallow dish on the bird feeder, but the finches and other small birds won't use those. They insist on drinking from that little tiny bit of water, that's supposed to be an ant barrier, in the hummingbird feeder.

 

[Kinnakeet]

Found out that the "whistle" is made by the male shaking its tail feathers while in a high speed dive. Trying to impress a female - https://www.audubon.org/news/hummingbirds-shake-their-tail-feathers-generate-high-pitched-sounds

Stuka divebomber