For those who asked for more. Not intended to make anyone jealous, only to share my good fortune , enjoy! [fireworks in background hardly bother these birds] May be better if you increase the size of your viewer. Count em if you can.
Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35
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Thanks Lisa-- Each year I seem to get more hummers. Last year during migration I had 20 plus in my front yard that I could count. Being as its only july , come august Im expecting even more this year. I have added more hummer plants, but right now its the feeders. They do use the plants but even more in about 3 weeks. There is nothing special about where I live , it is a small lot, but there is farmland across street with woods at the end of it. So your guess is as good as mine why they like it here
Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35
This message has been edited by Stevenindy on Jul 4, 2008 10:50 PM
We have 2 Hummers..... Iv seen them both at the same time once! My neighbor refuses to
believe there are 2.. shes just jealous lol My daughter called from across the street to
excitedly tell me.. *Mom you have a Hummer at each feeder.. I just about lost my breath! lol
You are so lucky Steve!!
Thanks everyone, there is no doubt that I am blessed with these creatures. One thing that sorta disappoints me is the birds have grown so used to me keeping the small feeders full[they seem to hover in waitng for me to do it] in the tree that they seldom come to the window feeders right now, its like they will wait for me to fill the tree feeders or they will go to the large feeders on the back porch. But that will all change in about a month when the southern migration is in full swing and all the flowers will be at their peak also.
Also , something else of note right now is cuphea shumannii is one of their favorites , along with david verity, coral honeysuckle, greggii stampede and I have seem several stop in their tracks at the tutti fruittii that is now blooming well. I have seen little to no use of the subrotunda, monarda, agastache cana, lady in red, but I expect that to all change very soon.
I AM jealous and I WANT you to continue posting videos like these! I love them !!! Who knew Indiana was such a hummingbird capital ???
My "high" number of hummers in my backyard is 4 - and that was only one time for like 3 seconds !!!
I have one theory about rubythroats - and that is, I think they prefer the edge habitats near rural or naturally wooded areas - and it looks like where you live is on the edge of those habitats. I've noticed that friends here in Delaware that live close to a woods or naturally vegetated field / shrubby area, have more hummers than me - I'm in a very suburban area with no woods close by. Rubythroats like to live near people but they also like natural areas nearby (i.e. they're not as suburbanized as Robins, for example). Just my theory.
Great video Steve. I have more hummingbirds this year than ever before too. Not only are all the flowers being used but the feeders are also being emptied faster.
Dianne
Southeast Alabama
Heat Zone 8
Sunset Zone 31
Dianne-- That is great news! Im getting ready to launch another vid and its long but there is even more of the rascals this time. I may need to add another feeder, seems to be their favorite watering hole in the evening.
