Hummingbirds galore!
Been feeding hummingbirds for years and usually have only 4-5 each year. One feeder would take more than a week to empty. This year we have gobs of them. Had to put out a second feeder and they empty both of them each day. But, I enjoy it.
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migrating already ???? 0 -
We had a slow start this year. They were late arriving for some reason. Now my wife is filling up both large feeders every day. There's so many of them it looks more like bee hives than bird feeders. 0 -
A slow start for us this year also. But now we have out typical 3-5 buzzing about. They are feeding heavily and gaining size. Would like to see a lot more than we have. Three feeders and some bushes for them to feed on not sure ow to draw more in. 0 -
You're probably seeing this year's crop of babies. They're flying and already the size of adults. AND both adults and young are filling their fat reserves for the migration. Just watch: the next full moon and the bird count will drop by a bunch. That's next week.
We had a very late, cold and wet Spring. So our young aren't quite flying yet. But they will be very soon. And then the full moon in September will see all of them suddenly gone. I'll miss my little friends.0 -
Rocky Raab wrote:You're probably seeing this year's crop of babies. They're flying and already the size of adults. AND both adults and young are filling their fat reserves for the migration. Just watch: the next full moon and the bird count will drop by a bunch. That's next week.
We had a very late, cold and wet Spring. So our young aren't quite flying yet. But they will be very soon. And then the full moon in September will see all of them suddenly gone. I'll miss my little friends.
I think your are correct since some have grown substantially over the past couple of months. Amazing how far they migrate for such small creatures.0 -
eastern kansas lake place has a lot migrate thru there..one variety overwinters on our gulf coast..the other bulks up there and heads southwest to the eastern coast of mexico...about 20 hours non stop if weather right....they either make it or drown..... 0 -
and in south central kansas here we had NO Monarch butterflies this year.......used to have spring and fall of them coating things ????? 0 -
Monarchs are in serious decline over most of the country. The western butterflies that winter on the Pacific coast are as well, having lost milkweed host plants, but the eastern monarchs that winter in Mexico have plummeted in number. Part is loss of host plants (plant milkweed!), pesticides and part is loss in the wintering areas.
We have had a normal number of black chins this year, have not seen any rufous as yet. We used to have broad tails, but they have not been at our feeders for several years, they seem to stay closer to the mountains these days.0 -
It's a record ?? 
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