I live in Cabin John (Montgomery County).? For the past 4-5 years (at least) I've had 2-3 hummingbird feeders out all summer and I've had at least one breeding pair of hummers every year.? They always showed up in late April after a few sporadic migrant h-birds moved through starting in mid-April.? This year I put my feeders out in mid-April and saw NO hummingbirds.? The feeders remained untouched although I faithfully kept them cleaned and refilled.

Finally, on June 8th the hummingbirds returned!? There is at least one pair and they have been chugging down the food.? I can barely keep the feeders filled.? So they are here but they arrived about 6-7 weeks late.? Very strange but I'm glad to see them!

Sarah Anderson
Cabin John, Maryland


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Sussman <>
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Sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 8:42 am
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Carroll Co. Birds 6/25/08 / HUMMINGBIRD QUESTION










 
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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