Well, Duh

[Steve Carlton]

That's funny. Basically biting the hand that feeds them?

[Zeke]

Not an expert but I did watch that Nature show. The ones that summer up north return to SoCal for the winter. The ones that are here in the summer take off for Mexico. So we have a couple groups — one a time.

[upsscott]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Ok, I am not the brightest light in the Chandelier..we all know that.

So, this summer I set up a Hummingbird feeder outside my home office. Broadway show, folks, four and five at a time. Drama, reconciliation, more drama...Aerial displays that defy aero.



So, this week, no action at all: it is like my Hummingbird feeder is Planet Hollywood.

I express my concern to my wife: "What happened?"

"You do know they migrate south, right?"

Well, duh.

Like Mexico? I’ve always wondered where my hummingbirds go at the end of the summer. Seriously.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by speeder

Hey, I didn’t know that either, so we can be dumb together.

What we gots here is a regular Daisy Chain forming here.

[smadsen]

Our hummingbirds go south in the winter also. Like across the street. To the south side of Ventura Blvd.

[Steve Carlton]

They go there to rumble with the Red Throats.

[Bill Douglas]

the things you see when you haven't got n air rifle handy.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

My observation from watching my 2 feeders? Hummingbirds are a-holes.

100%...

We have plenty of real flowers as well but the feeder has been a hit.

Some migration info: https://abcbirds.org/blog/do-hummingbirds-migrate/

[Drbraunsr]

Here in SoCal, still running thru 10+lbs of sugar/week with 4 feeders. Down to about 30 from 50/60. The lazy ones stay all winter. If we leave for a long weekend we hang 2 one gallon jug feeders to get thru until we get back.
The 'gingers' are plain mean and run themselves ragged chasing the rest away. With 4 feeders, they gotta work hard

[unclebilly]

Unless you live in the south, then they migrate NORTH for the summer.

Just sayin.

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Ok, I am not the brightest light in the Chandelier..we all know that.

So, this summer I set up a Hummingbird feeder outside my home office. Broadway show, folks, four and five at a time. Drama, reconciliation, more drama...Aerial displays that defy aero.



So, this week, no action at all: it is like my Hummingbird feeder is Planet Hollywood.

I express my concern to my wife: "What happened?"

"You do know they migrate south, right?"

Well, duh.

Good question Paul. In our part of the world geese are flying overhead making lots of noise. Your question makes me think where do these geese go and end up during the next couple of months...
There is no such thing as a dumb question. Only dumb thing is a question not asked....

[Sooner or later]

Geese


Ruby throated hummingbird

[ckcarr]

I have feeders and a gym so they can stay strong.

[recycled sixtie]

Thanks Sooner or Later

[Sooner or later]

How Many Miles?
Estimating How Far and How Fast Ruby-throated Hummingbirds Travel


Traveling Southward
At the end of summer and beginning of fall, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds start migrating toward their wintering grounds. How quickly will they travel southward?

Based on banding re-encounters, one hummer flew 1,200 miles in 12 days. That means it traveled 100 miles per day. Another hummer flew 335 miles in 7 days — 48 miles per day. Overall, the average rate of travel is estimated at fewer than 25 miles per day.

[GH85Carrera]

We (my master gardener wife) put out natural hummingbird feeders called plants. They attracts butterflies, moths, honeybees, bumblebees, and lot of hummingbirds.



She wanted a photo of her Macan, so we parked it on the driveway for a photo. There is a koi pond area in the back yard and flowering trees in the back yard as well.

Back 30 years ago when we first got married we took a summer vacation through Colorado. We spent the night at Purgatory and in the morning ate breakfast outside and there were hundreds of hummingbirds. The buzzing sound they made as the flew around was almost unnerving. They were buzzing out table constantly and it sounded like a swarm of really large bees. It was astonishing.

[Jolly Amaranto]

In the last year or so we have been getting black chinned humming birds around here. Never seen them before. I guess they have expanded their territory to the east.



Usually it is just these guys. Here perching on a wind chime.

[GH85Carrera]

One of the lady members of our PCA region lives in a very wooded area. She walked out the front door to go somewhere and saw some movement on the ground next to the front door. It was a baby hummingbird. It only had a few tiny feathers and no tail feathers. She "adopted" it and researched on the internet how to car for it. It had to be fed every three hours during the day, and it slept through the night. It grew fast and the feathers came in, and it started flying around in her study - library room. She and he husband have a large house. She got tired of climbing a ladder to retrieve it so he made a cage to keep it contained. One day it got away and that is a longer story than I want to type. She has no idea of course if it knew how to find food, but she can only hope instinct took hold. It would have died long before if she did not rescue it. Hopefully it found a mate and lived happily ever after.

[sammyg2]

[vash]

when we landscaped our backyard, my wife told the guy to plant stuff for bees and hummingbirds.

we are now a hummingbird haven. I see them nesting in the oaks behind us.

I love how territorial they are. they dog fight each other trying to run off the trespassers. I have yet to find a nest, but not for not trying.