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It is that time of the year where the humming birds start to migrate south and show up in SW Louisiana.
We had 1 hummer for the last couple of weeks, then a second one starting coming several days ago. Just now I watched 3 darting at each other around the feeder. Usually be late Sept. and into Oct. we will have 5 to 10 feeding daily. Some years we have had 20 or more that will "drink" 4 to 6 cups of sugar water per day. I find them really enjoyable to watch them darting around like they are defending there "food". I mix 1/4 cup sugar to 1 cup of tap water. |
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yeah.. I saw one flying through my neighborhood, so I went get my hummingbird feeders together and filled them up. Shortly after I had 2-3 flying around. I have one who sits on the same tree branch in the same spot nearly all day.
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awesome...I definitely need to get a few feeders around the house....already have a few squirrel and bid bath...
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Humers show up in Cajun country in the spring and hang around till like late october before heading back north. You dont see them around much when flowers are blooming but this time of the year pickings get slim and if ya have a feeder ya see more of them now. Also any time after a rain on acounta the rain dilutes the flower necter they prefer. The common ones that hang here are ruby throated hummers but in teh spring and fall ys see other varieties as they pass through.
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My grandmother always told me they rode on the backs of geese when they migrate
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They are always more active around our feeders when it rains. My theory has been that the rain dilutes and washes away flower necter. They drank 1 feeder full just yesterday.
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They're tough to kill unless you can find some #12 shot
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I am kind of in a lull now after 2 days of having 3 hummers around. Only 1 bird coming once or twice [that we see] per hour.
Our feeder is hanging under the roof so they can sit without getting wet. |
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This afternoon I was at my parents house and they have 3 feeders and a couple of dozen hummer flying around. Dad was saying that when he got home from work they had drank 1.5 feeders worth since he topped them off before he left for work this morning. We had walked in his shop and I noticed one flying around in the shop. Well it disappeared in a pearling and never flew back up. I climbed up to see and she was full of spider webs. I cleaned her off, took a quick pic and set her free outside.
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Had to do the same thing two years in a row, hummingbird got in the shop and couldnt get out, got tangled in spider webs, hasnt happened this year yet
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The 2 birds in the pictures are not hers they are hims. The females are a kinda plain grey color and the males are irradesent blue green with a white belly and red throat.
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Learn something new everyday.. I thought mine was a her only cuz it didn't have the ruby patch on its throat. Thanks for the info Cappy.
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When males are young they have the barest hint of red on their throats.
When they are older they have bright red throats sing to let the ladies know they are ready to rock. ![]() http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w9j3KGI5Fx.../s1600/074.JPG |
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Yeah they fly around my feeder and fight each other all day here!!
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Theres a show on natgeo wild right now all about hummingbirds pretty good info....
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