Thank you all for your responses.  Great to learn that some of you are
enjoying the Hummingbirds at your feeders.  I will say it's quite
interesting to hear about noticed increases and decreases.  I suppose
it's part of what makes birding so interesting.

For example: Two winters ago, West Annapolis was home to thousands of
roosting Robins.  This past winter, the numbers dwindled to a few
hundred or more.   Why did the Robins not pick our community this last
winter?  Did a food source change?  Did they grow bored with painting
our cars?  I wonder...

Back to the topic at hand, I will happily pass this hummingbird
information along to Bill at the WBC store.  I will also keep the
feeders hung in the yard, just in case.

Thanks everyone.

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD



On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:42 AM,  <> wrote:
> In a message dated 6/26/2008 8:19:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>  writes:
>
> But since I know the local Annapolis area is in no way an accurate
> representation of the region, has anyone else experienced a
> hummingbird-less summer at their home feeders?
>
> Hi Dan, Bob, and all,
>  Here in our fairly new place in Woodbine I have found that we have many
> MORE hummingbirds than last summer, when we first moved here and I had just
> hung my feeders out. I have only 2 feeders up, both Perky-Pet four fountains
> (I think that's their name) hanging feeders. I have one placed behind a
> large shrub so the wind won't blow it empty and we can see it out the side
> sliding door near the side porch, and the other is right out the back off
> the deck, so we can monitor them pretty easily. I have especially noticed
> many more male hummers than last year, probably because a single bird cannot
> "hog" both feeders as they are not really in view of each other. We are
> getting visits throughout the day at both feeders by both male and female
> hummers. I am filling them about 2-3 times a week (though filling is not
> accurate; I half-fill).
>
> On the other hand, I have noticed far fewer hummingbirds in the field this
> year.
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
> 
>
>
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