The Hummingbirds are on their way North! - Page 2 - Wildlife Gardeners

Green Man · 03-20-2009, 10:17 AM

Great News,

Love the humming birds. I have had more here lately than I can remember maybe spring is really coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Porthand · 03-28-2009, 07:32 PM

Just spied a rufous hummer at our feeder today. The resident Anna's are not pleased. We have been observing hummers wars this afternoon.

Staff · 03-29-2009, 07:35 AM

Let the hummer wars begin! Still early for all the upper midwesterners and northerners.

Porthand · 03-30-2009, 08:58 PM

I spied a rufous hummer at our feeder this past weekend in the South Sound area. The local Anna's were NOT pleased.

Staff · 03-30-2009, 09:12 PM

Annas hummingbirds are bigger than the Rufous. They all seem to be assertive at feeders. How could you tell the anna hummers were not pleased?

NEWisc · 04-07-2009, 04:05 PM

They're into southern Wisconsin already! And with nice weather coming it's time to get ready.

joepyeweed · 04-07-2009, 04:20 PM

I put my feeders out over the weekend. But I haven't seen any yet. According to the map, they should be here... they are in WI already.

Cirsium · 04-07-2009, 07:28 PM

So far it looks like just the early scouts are into the upper Midwest. The next couple of weeks should be quite exciting.

Equilibrium · 04-08-2009, 02:44 PM

Oh happy dance! It's time to put out our hummingbird feeders.

joepyeweed · 04-08-2009, 03:41 PM

I only made up one cup of sugar water and split it between the two feeders. I'll wait until they show up, before I start making it by the gallon.

My hubs has been known to put a dash of hummingbird juice in his tea. (Hummingbird juice is what I write on the gallon jug in the fridge.)

03-29-2009, 07:35 AM	#13
Staff WG Staff Join Date: Nov 2008	Let the hummer wars begin! Still early for all the upper midwesterners and northerners. __________________ The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. -Mencius

03-30-2009, 09:12 PM	#15
Staff WG Staff Join Date: Nov 2008	Annas hummingbirds are bigger than the Rufous. They all seem to be assertive at feeders. How could you tell the anna hummers were not pleased? __________________ The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. -Mencius

04-07-2009, 04:05 PM	#16
NEWisc Fox Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin	They're into southern Wisconsin already! And with nice weather coming it's time to get ready. __________________ . Age is a biological fact. Old is a state of mind. I will age, but I refuse to get old.

04-08-2009, 02:44 PM	#19
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Oh happy dance! It's time to put out our hummingbird feeders. __________________ "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

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03-20-2009, 10:17 AM	#11
Green Man WG Ways and Means Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South of the Cheddar Curtain	Great News, Love the humming birds. I have had more here lately than I can remember maybe spring is really coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03-28-2009, 07:32 PM	#12
Porthand Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Orygun	Just spied a rufous hummer at our feeder today. The resident Anna's are not pleased. We have been observing hummers wars this afternoon.

03-30-2009, 08:58 PM	#14
Porthand Unicellular Fungi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Orygun	I spied a rufous hummer at our feeder this past weekend in the South Sound area. The local Anna's were NOT pleased.

04-07-2009, 04:20 PM	#17
joepyeweed Heron Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Illinois	I put my feeders out over the weekend. But I haven't seen any yet. According to the map, they should be here... they are in WI already.

04-07-2009, 07:28 PM	#18
Cirsium Co-Administrator Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Midwest	So far it looks like just the early scouts are into the upper Midwest. The next couple of weeks should be quite exciting.

04-08-2009, 03:41 PM	#20
joepyeweed Heron Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Illinois	I only made up one cup of sugar water and split it between the two feeders. I'll wait until they show up, before I start making it by the gallon. My hubs has been known to put a dash of hummingbird juice in his tea. (Hummingbird juice is what I write on the gallon jug in the fridge.)