Anyone else have an unusually large number of hummingbirds this year?

[MoKelly]

Even the humming birds are affected by this unusual heat, here in the PNW. They hit the sauce first thing in the AM and again late in the afternoon.

"Only fools and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun"

Ha.

I thought it was “only mad dogs and Englishmen”.

MoKelly

 

[dadiehl]

My wife picked up a ring at a flee market that looks like a huge red n yellow flower. You fill it with some kind of schmutz n the hummers drink it while you sit outside drinking your favorite beverage. Have not tried it yet.

 

[goeduck]

Not me in this video but sure would be fun to watch. Beautiful blue hummer in there. Plus two feeding out of the same feeding hole.

 

[ArlyA]

Normal feeding time for most birds and this includes our Rubies, is morning and late in the day.

 

[dragoneggs]

I wonder if the hummers like 105degF sugar water? Both feeders empty so maybe I won't cool it down like I usually do.

 

[Menagerie-Manor]

I have a number of Artichoke plants bordering my garden area that I let flower every year (enormous flowers) and the Hummingbirds go crazy over them, my outdoor lights up the area and they are full body into the flowers 10 pm in the evening taking turns like they are drunk on nectar. Amazing to watch

 

[dragoneggs]

I have a number of Artichoke plants bordering my garden area that I let flower every year (enormous flowers) and the Hummingbirds go crazy over them, my outdoor lights up the area and they are full body into the flowers 10 pm in the evening taking turns like they are drunk on nectar. Amazing to watch

very cool... get pictures of that!

 

[scaredychicken]

have hardly noticed them this year.

more squirrels, chipmunks, and crows though

 

[Oaktree]

Even the humming birds are affected by this unusual heat, here in the PNW. They hit the sauce first thing in the AM and again late in the afternoon.

We don't see many at the feeders in the summer, only in the spring and early fall. Guess there's enough bugs & pollen in the summer to keep 'em going. Milkweed should be in bloom in the next couple weeks, that's a huge magnet to anything that's interested in nectar.

Speaking of bugs and birds, I'm surprised more birds aren't active at night when mosquitoes are out in force.

 

[oosik]

By day - swallows & hawks. By night - bats and owls.

The few hummingbirds are back on my feeder. Western Service berry blooms have all fallen off. Mock Orange & Milkweed haven't started to bloom yet.