Hummingbirds 2013 - Wildlife Gardeners

linrose · 04-16-2013, 06:53 PM

Saw my first one today! I need to get the feeders up. Anyone else seen hummers yet?

recurve · 04-16-2013, 07:23 PM

None here yet! I meant to get my feeders up last weekend but never got to it.

Viceroy · 04-17-2013, 09:01 PM

Mine show up in April like clock work.

Viceroy · 04-17-2013, 09:12 PM

here are some from a recent trip.

linrose · 04-18-2013, 05:26 AM

Stunning photos Viceroy! I never knew there were so many different kinds of hummingbirds. The second one with the tuft is so cool looking! You must have had an exciting trip.

I did get a feeder up yesterday for the one lone male that's checking out the digs. Luckily I had just bought some columbine and he visited them still in pots on the deck. I've been wanting to plant some red buckeye just for them, I'll have to put it on my wish list.

Viceroy · 04-18-2013, 10:39 PM

That is an Antillean crested humming bird, in Dominica. It was great.

Equilibrium · 04-19-2013, 03:34 PM

Viceroy!!! Awesome photos. I've never seen a hummer like that before anywhere in the US. Way cool photo by the way..... it almost looks "cooked" but I know it's not since I've gotten some photos accidently that look like that over the years. We won't get hummers showing up around us for at least another month or so.... maybe a little longer since it's been an unseasonably cool spring so I envy you.

turttle · 04-21-2013, 06:07 PM

I saw my first female ruby throated hummer today, at red salvia. The saying is that they arrive when the red buckeye blooms, so they should have been here for about a week now.

Helianthus · 04-30-2013, 10:04 AM

I'm still waiting to see any here in Northern Virginia. They usually show up around the third week of April in my experience.

linrose · 04-30-2013, 10:20 AM

I guess they were a little thrown off by the cold fronts the US has experienced lately which make them a bit late in returning this year.

We now have a second male show up which makes for some pugilistic behavior at the feeder. The Carolina jessamine has gone by but the columbine is still blooming. Early phlox is also blooming. I always mean to put up another feeder to stop the fighting, and I have in the past, but now I'm down to one feeder until I get another one. No females yet.

04-16-2013, 06:53 PM	#1
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Hummingbirds 2013 Saw my first one today! I need to get the feeders up. Anyone else seen hummers yet?

04-17-2013, 09:12 PM	#4
Viceroy 1st Place Winner DIY Catchall Contest Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Kissimmee Florida	here are some from a recent trip. Attached Thumbnails

04-19-2013, 03:34 PM	#7
Equilibrium Official Plant Nerd Join Date: Dec 2008	Viceroy!!! Awesome photos. I've never seen a hummer like that before anywhere in the US. Way cool photo by the way..... it almost looks "cooked" but I know it's not since I've gotten some photos accidently that look like that over the years. We won't get hummers showing up around us for at least another month or so.... maybe a little longer since it's been an unseasonably cool spring so I envy you. __________________ "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

04-21-2013, 06:07 PM	#8
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I saw my first female ruby throated hummer today, at red salvia. The saying is that they arrive when the red buckeye blooms, so they should have been here for about a week now. __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

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04-16-2013, 07:23 PM	#2
recurve Heron Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: powell,Ohio	None here yet! I meant to get my feeders up last weekend but never got to it.

04-17-2013, 09:01 PM	#3
Viceroy 1st Place Winner DIY Catchall Contest Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Kissimmee Florida	Mine show up in April like clock work.

04-18-2013, 05:26 AM	#5
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Stunning photos Viceroy! I never knew there were so many different kinds of hummingbirds. The second one with the tuft is so cool looking! You must have had an exciting trip. I did get a feeder up yesterday for the one lone male that's checking out the digs. Luckily I had just bought some columbine and he visited them still in pots on the deck. I've been wanting to plant some red buckeye just for them, I'll have to put it on my wish list.

04-18-2013, 10:39 PM	#6
Viceroy 1st Place Winner DIY Catchall Contest Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Kissimmee Florida	That is an Antillean crested humming bird, in Dominica. It was great.

04-30-2013, 10:04 AM	#9
Helianthus Lungwort Join Date: May 2012 Location: Alexandria, VA	I'm still waiting to see any here in Northern Virginia. They usually show up around the third week of April in my experience.

04-30-2013, 10:20 AM	#10
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	I guess they were a little thrown off by the cold fronts the US has experienced lately which make them a bit late in returning this year. We now have a second male show up which makes for some pugilistic behavior at the feeder. The Carolina jessamine has gone by but the columbine is still blooming. Early phlox is also blooming. I always mean to put up another feeder to stop the fighting, and I have in the past, but now I'm down to one feeder until I get another one. No females yet.