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

[Wakey]

I'm having problems with swarms of bees taking over the feeder and the hummers are backing off.

Same here, I figured this was because my neighbor just started beekeeping but that is a half mile from me. The most I’ve seen is about 10-12, a wasp or 2 at times. In the past just an occasional wasp.

We had a banner year with the hummers but they are mostly gone now.

 

[sixdogs]

Same here, I figured this was because my neighbor just started beekeeping but that is a half mile from me. The most I’ve seen is about 10-12, a wasp or 2 at times. In the past just an occasional wasp.

We had a banner year with the hummers but they are mostly gone now.

We get our neighbor's bees from 3 or more miles away.

 

[goeduck]

The fall drinking binge is sure picking up here, good to see. The Rufous birds are heading south now from Canada and Alaska, so refueling is causing the uptick.

A few weeks ago I noticed sugar ants for the first time on one feeder since I moved here, so I put up ant moats. Yesterday when I refilled, I checked the moats for evaporation and noticed ants sitting on the center waiting for the seas to part. I expected them to have given up by now.

 

[ArlyA]

We still got Rubies here on the south shore of the BIG lake.

 

[sixdogs]

We still got Rubies here on the south shore of the BIG lake.

Good to know. In Ohio we leave the feeders out for their trip south in a few weeks.

 

[goeduck]

Almost back up to feeding a quart a day

 

[Molalla1]

Almost back up to feeding a quart a day

Wow duck you have little piggies . . . .

 

[sixdogs]

Has anyone in mid America seen any hummingbirds lately? We're always reluctant to pull down the feeders if there are stragglers out there. We've seen some over the years.

 

[Wakey]

I'm an hour east of Atlanta and just about all of them are gone. I had the best year by far in the 6 years I've lived on this property, but they have most certainly moved on.
I've been filling two feeders about half full and will continue to do so until I don't see any hummers.

 

[ArlyA]

Our numbers are really down. The only birds left are chicks at this date..