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CopanoCruisin · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:35 pm Post subject:

Only have seen the occasional hummer every now and then for a long time. The other bird population has built back up good around here, although it took a long time after the big chill. Just saying.........cC

CaptinAcademy · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:12 pm Post subject:

Do they migrate back through on their way back south early this fall?
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TexasJim · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 3:50 pm Post subject:

In a "normal" year, the Ruby Throats migrate South through Rockport mid-to-late September. This year has been anything but normal, so, we'll see. Expect to fill feeders often, though.

We have an adult Buff Belly that Summers with us every year. They are almost 50% bigger than Ruby Throats and Black Chins. Plus, this year, we have a small youngster. We also have had five or six Black Chins all Summer.

The September after Harvey, in '17, we had hundreds of hummers, filling six feeders twice a day. There were no flowers for them to feed on after the storm.

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TexasJim · Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 12:14 pm Post subject:

This week, in South Rockport, we have seen the first of the Ruby-Throats on their Fall Migration South. Stocked up on sugar, to keep the feeders full. Be interesting to see how many come through between now and October.
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Sinker · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 5:47 pm Post subject:

Good job on appreciating and caring about hummingbirds.
Here where we live in Wyoming at our primary residence in town hummers are very sparse. However, at our mountain cabin they are most populous. However, they are fickle about empty feeders. If they are not consistently filled and cleaned you are scorned by them. 99% of our hummingbirds are broadtail the other 1% is Rufous. Those Rufous are most possessive of the feeders to the point of having to relocate a feeder to the opposite site of the cabin for the benefit of the broadtails.
We do cease feeding Labor Day to encourage the birds to begin their migration.
This year to number of Rufous was down.
Elevation at our cabin is 8000 ft so they have a down hill flight to Texas.
I would appreciate your thoughts of Rufous numbers.

deputydawg · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:11 pm Post subject:

Fished the last couple of days in Rockport and saw lots of hummingbirds! Lots of feeders and tons of birds at the condos my buddy is staying at. I could watch them for hours!

Had two sightings this morning while we were out fishing that i will probably always remember! First one was a huge hummingbird come buzzing around us. I had never seen one close to the size! It was more like a sparrow than a hummer! We both just kind of sat there staring at each other in shock not understanding what we had just seen!

A little later I was standing there holding a spinning rod with red grips and wrapping. I had the prettiest little hummer land on the rod right about on the reel seat. He stayed about a minute and was a beautiful liite critter! Just about the time my buddy got his camera he flew off. Very cool experience to me!

And for the record fishing SUCKED!

TexasJim · Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:46 pm Post subject:

We haven't seen very many Ruby Throats, which are supposed to be about done with their migration pass-thru. We probably only had maybe a half-dozen, which is amazingly low. Our Buff Bellies have left. They are noticeably larger than the other hummers, so that's probably what buzzed you. They have a very different humming sound, probably due to their larger wings.
We don't see Rufous birds here on the coast. My kin have places in the Davis Mountains, and they have lots of them, plus the broad tails. We normally see Ruby Throats, Black Chins and the Buffs.

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CaptinAcademy · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 1:17 pm Post subject: Hummers 2022

Anyone seen any yet?
Have had the feeders out about a week but no takers so far.
Seems like they were already out looking for food this time last yr after the freeze killed everything
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