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ziacatcher · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:35 pm Post subject: Hummingbirds are here!

I was sitting in my recliner this morning looking out the back door and saw what I thought was a hummingbird fly by. Put out a feeder and I've been having several come by all day long feeding.

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TexasJim · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 2:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah, coach: It's the first wave of the ruby-throat fall migration to South America. We've had a couple of black-chins here in Rockport all summer. For about four or five summers, we've had one or two buff-belies that spent the summers with us. This year, we didn't see any. They're about half again bigger than the others, and my wife can tell their distinct sound. I can't hear doodley, due to AA/FD race cars and playing in loud bands. They almost never get more than ten miles from the coast. I hope the hawks didn't get them.

The month after Harvey, we had hundreds of ruby-throats, filling five feeders three times a day, because the flowers they normally consume were blown away. My nephew is at his cabin in the Davis Mountains now, and he's inundated with hummers, but they're different species than we get, more like the California birds. They're neat to watch. Hard to believe that about half of them fly across the Gulf to Yucatan, non-stop! It's a long, 880 miles. I've sailed it twice.

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ziacatcher · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 2:47 pm Post subject:

We get them all summer long in New Mexico on their way down to Mexico. We'll have as many as 30 coming around the feeder at one time.

CaptinAcademy · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:04 pm Post subject:

TJ, i think your Buffies were vacationing at my house this summer.
We had two, maybe three most of the summer.

Had to take down our feeders probably middle of August due to a hoard of semi-aggressive Honey Bees that took them over.

We were out of the country for a couple of weeks and they are gone now.

Put them up when we got back Saturday and have literally dozens of Ruby's, mostly females out there right now..

I really liked the Buffie's though, so pretty cool with their color scheme.. and Yes, I can hear them coming as well.

Last fall we had a big Rufous meanie come through for a week or so and literally run all the rest of them off.

More on the trip out of the country in another post when I get pics off the GoPro Laughing

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CopanoCruisin · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 8:09 pm Post subject:

We have about a gazillion for the last 5 or 6 days now over here on the west shoreline of Copano Bay. 9 feeders out(now only 8 after a ooopsie drop on the sidewalk this afternoon). She filled them up 3 times today. On my way home from the city this afternoon, I got a text to pick up another 10# of sugar. Those little rascals are sure amazing to sit back and watch. Sounds as if most everyone is having good numbers this year. enjoy……..cC

awesum · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 6:28 am Post subject:

Earlier this morning when barely light I had about 40 birds on 3 feeders. I quickly filled and hung a 4th feeder and half of them left. :/

I'm near Sandia.

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:47 am Post subject:

Had mine out for a couple of weeks now. Already blew threw one 5 lb bag of sugar (I have 4 feeders). Like TexasJim mentioned, Post-Harvey I went through multiple 10 lb bags of sugar!

My issue with the one in front of the kitchen window is the red bellied woodpecker that has taken up residence and chases the hummers away! He manages to perch and feeds as best as he can.

Sinker · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 4:37 pm Post subject:

We spent Labor Day holiday at our mountain cabin elevation 8500 ft. Our usually busy feeders had zero activity. So migrations have moved hummingbirds out.
Good to hear folks are helping to fueling them up.

ziacatcher · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:28 pm Post subject:

Where is your mountain cabin?

CopanoCruisin · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:05 am Post subject:

Another day of refilling the feeders three times. That is 7 of 8of them. The one that wasn’t covered up all day, my wife had me relocate it in the tree. When I was out helping her yesterday afternoon, they would just buzz off to other feeders or just uP into the tree. Just as soon as we walked away from the feeder, they were back swarming around it. These little fells sure are entertaining! Just saying………Smokey

awesum · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:00 am Post subject:

Right after posting here yesterday I had an Oriole stop by. A male Baltimore. Billiant orange. By the time I got my phone to take a foto he was gone.

BayFly · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:09 am Post subject:

This was an excellant year to have a cabin in the mountains, due to the two or more months of 100+ degrees. Cool

Sinker · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:29 am Post subject:

Our cabin is in the northern end of the Laramie range south of Casper Wyoming.

Central Scrutinizer · Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 2:40 pm Post subject:

He brought the Gang!
There were 3, but only got a picture of 2.

CaptinAcademy · Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:06 pm Post subject: