Humming Bird

[TerryMiller]

We canNOT seem to attract any hummingbirds, but ...

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This guy has visited several times this afternoon! Who is this confused feathered friend?

Try putting your feeder up higher, perhaps on a tree limb. If there are any cats around your neighborhood, I'd think that they would avoid a low hanging feeder. Also, I was once informed that it was best to have a feeder of any kind (and bird baths) in a location where the birds could "take flight" in almost any direction.

 

[dennishoddy]

Try putting your feeder up higher, perhaps on a tree limb. If there are any cats around your neighborhood, I'd think that they would avoid a low hanging feeder. Also, I was once informed that it was best to have a feeder of any kind (and bird baths) in a location where the birds could "take flight" in almost any direction.

Agree. Move the feeder to the eve of the house right outside a window. It’s too low.
Change the “nectar” every couple of days and really clean the feeder. We have gone to all wide mouth feeders so a brush can be used inside.

 

[GUN DOG]

Had our first about a week ago also had an Oriole a few days back

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[dlbleak]

I’ve had my two feeders out for a month; watching diligently in the mornings before work and evenings after work. We saw the first hummer yesterday evening. We just don’t seem to get much hummingbird activity in the backyard of this Edmond suburb house. Hopefully, the activity will pickup. Cardinals, Blue Jays, Thrashers, House Finches, Doves, Brown-headed cowbirds, Juncos, Sparrows, Rabbits, Squirrels and the occasional Woodpecker at the feeder is a different story. The backyard sometimes looks like a zoo.

Your yard seems to attract the same birds as mine. I start running a hummingbird feeder real early in hopes of getting and keeping the first ones around

 

[n423]

Saw my first this year a few days ago at my sons property near T Bird

 

[264killer]

My 2 feeders are about 4 feet off the ground . They have drank a quart since Monday.

 

[DRC458]

We had one hummer about two or three weeks ago, on a rainy Saturday, on that very feeder. Then, none, until after I posted the pic of the 'mystery' guest. We have two feeders in our front flower beds about eight or ten feet apart. The wife said we had a hummingbird on one of those feeders and our special guest on the other feeder at the same time. I've already moved the feeders once this year. I had them up higher (about 6 to 8 feet) and protected under kind of an entryway in our front yard, and hanging from the eaves at about the same height out back. No birds. Maybe I just didn't give them enough time, although they hung there for probably at least two to three weeks.

 

[CHenry]

We had one hummer about two or three weeks ago, on a rainy Saturday, on that very feeder. Then, none, until after I posted the pic of the 'mystery' guest. We have two feeders in our front flower beds about eight or ten feet apart. The wife said we had a hummingbird on one of those feeders and our special guest on the other feeder at the same time. I've already moved the feeders once this year. I had them up higher (about 6 to 8 feet) and protected under kind of an entryway in our front yard, and hanging from the eaves at about the same height out back. No birds. Maybe I just didn't give them enough time, although they hung there for probably at least two to three weeks.

Probably migrating and stopped in for a meal. When they nest near by, you'll see em more regular.

 

[TerryMiller]

Not necessarily related to hummingbirds, but I was reading today that one's bird feeders need to be within about 15 feet of some shrubbery so that songbirds and such can retreat to the shrubs to avoid predators like the hawks.

 

[GUN DOG]

Unless you like to watch the hawks[emoji85][emoji85]

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