In the past week,myself and friend have found 12 Anna's Hummer Nests, all in Cottonwoods, and basically surounded by Golden Current,and two more Allens at a different location.

Alan~S Cal

That is great, Alan. I believe I found one 1/2 missing last winter after they were gone. I would love to have a nest nearby & am putting in several arbors & vining plants as it seems people have noticed they nest in vines quite often. I hope these nests you found are somewhat close by so you can observe!! 3+ months before I can see one. Boo Hoo!

Joni
Elwood, Il
Zone 5

Cool, Alan! Where I live I'll never find a nest unless I go deep into the swamps and I don't see that happening.

Joan Garvey - Metairie, LA Zone 9

Alan that is truly awsome! We have cottonwood trees close by but not sure how close. I know that I curse them every year when that fluff starts flying all over the place and ends up all over my screens. It never dawned on me that our hummers could be nesting in those trees.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Congrats Alan !! At finding all those nests, must have been exciting for you. There must be plenty of those around here too, [cottonwoods] as at that certain time of year the air is full of the fluff and it seems to stick to everything.

Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35

Way to go Alan!!!!! I can just see the smile on your face. Congratulations...keep having fun for us on the upper east coast!!

Oh... by the way what does a Cottonwood look like....only asking because I have these trees that are on the side of my house growing near water and in late spring early summer they make a big mess with all of this white fluffy stuff blowing everywhere. I will have to look for a nest.

Chris

Burlington County

NJ

Chris
I think there are several different cottonwoods. The ones we get are the Eastern Cottonwood and yes the seeds attached to the fluff flies all over the place in late spring early summer. It is wose in dry years.

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Chris, you spent a morning last spring planting next to and under several tall Cottonwoods. They are in a family that includes aspens, poplars and also birches. There are old monsters in the woods at Palmyra, ones that have kept the rain off us when we've been caught by heavy showers. The reason that you don't know it is because here in South Jersey it is pretty much confined to the banks of the Delaware River. Pretty much anywhere you go in North America cottonwoods are riparian (stream bank) and usually grow with the local species of willow. That is probably too much information.



So do you want to come to our plant sale the last Sunday in April? We're hoping to raise some funds for the gardens at a festival that weekend. That is if we can get all the plants we need raised and ready. Don't forget your gardening friends here in Burlington County, you are always welcome. As usual there will be a planting day in early May and no one goes away empty handed. You should have taken more plants last year.

Alan, that is a great count. Have you done it other years? Perhaps you have mentioned it before and I don't remember.

I think I should point out that these Cottonwoods have very little growth on them currently,but they are showing signs of budding, and will most likely hide the nests in a couple of weeks, and yes they are by a stream bed.
Ward I usually find about three without trying, but this year I decided to take more time.The Allen's however are in a Fern Canyon.


Alan~S Cal

The last time I was out your way I had a nest above the first place I parked at the first hotel I stayed at. It was in a tangle of some kind of Mandevilla.

Congratulations Alan that's awsome! A friend of my older daughter's calls them the cotton gin tree every other year around her birthday they make alot of cotton

sarah merion station, Pennsylvania zone 6B

Congrats, Alan!!!! I'm a pretty good nest finder, but you seem to have mastered the art. When I find a nest, I feel as though I'd won the lottery!

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Nancy L Newfield
Casa Colibrí
Metairie, Louisiana USA
USDA Zone 9