Hummingbirds
I have noticed that the number of hummers coming to my feeders has dropped off
a lot recently, and that I am seeing new birds. How long should I keep the feeder out for the passers b y? |
Hummingbirds
BADBIL wrote:
I have noticed that the number of hummers coming to my feeders has dropped off a lot recently, and that I am seeing new birds. How long should I keep the feeder out for the passers b y? I'd always heard that one should stop feeding them on Labor Day to encourage them to fly south, but someone here said that they pretty much leave on their own w/o encouragement. You seem to be experiencing that. I'm still filling the feeder, and I have a few around still. Someone also reported here last year that if one leaves a feeder out over winter, one may get the occasional non-ruby throat in migration. I don't recall the species, but I do remember a report of something other than a ruby throat or rufous locally (last December I believe it was). cl |
Hummingbirds
CL is correct about leaving up. I think it benefits straglers plus we had a
caliope visit late in December and I know of 1 or 2 other species that visited others feeders late in the season. -- Baine "C.L. Lassiter" wrote in message ... BADBIL wrote: I have noticed that the number of hummers coming to my feeders has dropped off a lot recently, and that I am seeing new birds. How long should I keep the feeder out for the passers b y? I'd always heard that one should stop feeding them on Labor Day to encourage them to fly south, but someone here said that they pretty much leave on their own w/o encouragement. You seem to be experiencing that. I'm still filling the feeder, and I have a few around still. Someone also reported here last year that if one leaves a feeder out over winter, one may get the occasional non-ruby throat in migration. I don't recall the species, but I do remember a report of something other than a ruby throat or rufous locally (last December I believe it was). cl |
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