Re: The Fall Hummingbird Migration has begun!!!

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@Lilysmom wrote:
Where are you located Susan Louise? Our bummers are still here in Nova Scotia. They usually leave mid September. I record their arrival and departure each year. Arrival is usually mid May. LM

@Lilysmom We are in eastern Nebraska...but not close enough to the Iowa/Nebraska border where the hummingbirds do breed along the river to areas east and north of us...so close, but yet so far

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@Mary Bailey wrote:
I have 6 feeders. We have had a lot of hummers this year. My siblings are jealous, they hardly have any which is highly unusual for them.

The one by our tv room picture window has a hummer about every 5 minutes. We have had a few hover and seem to be looking in the window at us.

I can lay in my bed and see a feeder. I can hear them chip as they land or depart.

The other three are by the patio. One by kitchen window, one by garage and one in garden. I can hear them when they land at the kitchen window. Sometimes I will see two on the garden feeder. Usually they will buzz each other off of a feeder.

@Mary Bailey They are so much fun and it certainly sounds ike a lot of fun at your place!!! They can also get VERY territorial. I posted a video on you-tube called 'barebackriding hummingbird' if you have time to watch it...I think it's about a minute or less long

Mary Bailey · ‎03-09-2010

@Susan Louise wrote:
@Mary Bailey wrote:
I have 6 feeders. We have had a lot of hummers this year. My siblings are jealous, they hardly have any which is highly unusual for them.

The one by our tv room picture window has a hummer about every 5 minutes. We have had a few hover and seem to be looking in the window at us.

I can lay in my bed and see a feeder. I can hear them chip as they land or depart.

The other three are by the patio. One by kitchen window, one by garage and one in garden. I can hear them when they land at the kitchen window. Sometimes I will see two on the garden feeder. Usually they will buzz each other off of a feeder.
@Mary Bailey They are so much fun and it certainly sounds ike a lot of fun at your place!!! They can also get VERY territorial. I posted a video on you-tube called 'barebackriding hummingbird' if you have time to watch it...I think it's about a minute or less long

@susan Louise I watched your video, Love it! lol! looks like a little nookie to me I used to have Zebra Finches, they were very "romantic"

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We were sitting on the patio tonight and we had one hover about two feet away from us just looking at us! I guess he is a Motown fan!

mousiegirl · ‎03-09-2010

@Susan Louise wrote:
@Mary Bailey wrote:
I have 6 feeders. We have had a lot of hummers this year. My siblings are jealous, they hardly have any which is highly unusual for them.

The one by our tv room picture window has a hummer about every 5 minutes. We have had a few hover and seem to be looking in the window at us.

I can lay in my bed and see a feeder. I can hear them chip as they land or depart.

The other three are by the patio. One by kitchen window, one by garage and one in garden. I can hear them when they land at the kitchen window. Sometimes I will see two on the garden feeder. Usually they will buzz each other off of a feeder.
@Mary Bailey They are so much fun and it certainly sounds ike a lot of fun at your place!!! They can also get VERY territorial. I posted a video on you-tube called 'barebackriding hummingbird' if you have time to watch it...I think it's about a minute or less long

Susan Louise, I just watched your video, LOL. That was one determined hummer, LOL!

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@Mary Bailey wrote:
@Susan Louise wrote:
@Mary Bailey wrote:
I have 6 feeders. We have had a lot of hummers this year. My siblings are jealous, they hardly have any which is highly unusual for them.

The one by our tv room picture window has a hummer about every 5 minutes. We have had a few hover and seem to be looking in the window at us.

I can lay in my bed and see a feeder. I can hear them chip as they land or depart.

The other three are by the patio. One by kitchen window, one by garage and one in garden. I can hear them when they land at the kitchen window. Sometimes I will see two on the garden feeder. Usually they will buzz each other off of a feeder.
@Mary Bailey They are so much fun and it certainly sounds ike a lot of fun at your place!!! They can also get VERY territorial. I posted a video on you-tube called 'barebackriding hummingbird' if you have time to watch it...I think it's about a minute or less long
@susan Louise I watched your video, Love it! lol! looks like a little nookie to me I used to have Zebra Finches, they were very "romantic"
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We were sitting on the patio tonight and we had one hover about two feet away from us just looking at us! I guess he is a Motown fan!

@Mary Bailey Glad you enjoyed the video! Well,..no,...not nookie. I had to turn off the comments on the video because everyone thought that too no matter what I said to prove otherwise.

They were both Fall migrating juvie males and one took being territorial to an extreme. This was the comment I left under the video:

The juvie male hummingbird on the back of the juvie male was determined to pry off the intruder from 'his' own personal feeder!

"Yes, as Hummingbird enthusiasts know, they are territorial 365 days a year. However, I think this one was going for world domination...starting with one enemy at a time...yikes! Giddy up...LOL"

Lilysmom · ‎03-09-2010

@Susan Louise wrote:
@Lilysmom wrote:
Where are you located Susan Louise? Our bummers are still here in Nova Scotia. They usually leave mid September. I record their arrival and departure each year. Arrival is usually mid May. LM
@Lilysmom We are in eastern Nebraska...but not close enough to the Iowa/Nebraska boarder where the hummingbirds do breed along the river to areas east and north of us...so close, but yet so far

@Susan Louise,I should proofread more! Our 'hummers', not 'bummers'. I know you get it!😄! LM

Susan Louise · ‎03-14-2010

@Lilysmom wrote:
@Susan Louise wrote:
@Lilysmom wrote:
Where are you located Susan Louise? Our bummers are still here in Nova Scotia. They usually leave mid September. I record their arrival and departure each year. Arrival is usually mid May. LM
@Lilysmom We are in eastern Nebraska...but not close enough to the Iowa/Nebraska boarder where the hummingbirds do breed along the river to areas east and north of us...so close, but yet so far
@Susan Louise,I should proofread more! Our 'hummers', not 'bummers'. I know you get it!😄! LM

@Lilysmom Me too...notice I used 'boarder'...not 'border'....time to edit again...LOL

thisbe · ‎05-04-2010

I have an orange/red ceramic fish chime (I bought at the Q) that hangs from the pergola over my deck. When I was eating lunch yesterday, a hummingbird was repeatedly circling it--wondering where the pollen was, I guess.

kitty60 · ‎03-13-2010

I find them very social. If a feeder gets low they will hover in front of my kitchen or sunroom window until they get my attention. After cleaning and refilling they come right back. My cat loves to lay under their feeder as they buzz about. (She is not a hunter, caught a bird once that flew into our door and was unconcious. She walked around with it in her mouth and looked at me like where should I put it?)

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

Where we live in the NE the hummers show up in April and usually don't leave until September sometime. I keep the feeder going until October just in case there's a stragler.