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re: Hummingbirds/Hummingbird feeders
Posted on 7/23/16 at 7:38 pm to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 7/23/16 at 7:38 pm to Clyde Tipton
Seems like activity has really picked up the last week or so. No hoards of hummingbirds, but if you watch them for a minute or so any time of day you'll see one visit a feeder. The most I've seen was today, I had 4 on my 3 feeders at once.
Posted on 7/23/16 at 9:41 pm to Clyde Tipton
I also noticed lots more activity this week. i was hoping to see multiple birds at one feeder but too much fighting goes on and one dominates. Any suggestions besides putting out more feeders?
Posted on 7/23/16 at 9:46 pm to Odinson
Patience grasshopper. It's a little early for the migration. By labor day weekend in Louisiana look for significantly increased activity.
Posted on 7/24/16 at 8:48 am to upgrade
we find them trapped in the screen porch at the camp occasionally
just snag them with a dip net and bring outside
hummingbirds love lantana by the way
cheap to plant and impossible to kill
just snag them with a dip net and bring outside
hummingbirds love lantana by the way
cheap to plant and impossible to kill
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:24 am to Odinson
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i was hoping to see multiple birds at one feeder but too much fighting goes on and one dominates. Any suggestions besides putting out more feeders?
One bird can guard one feeder. The only answer is a combination of multiple feeders and more hummingbirds. Make sure and put the feeders within sight of each other and about 10'-15' apart. When the migration begins in your area, this strategy will maximize the number of birds at any one feeder.
Adding nectar producing plants will help keep more hummingbirds in your yard but it won't necessarily help in getting multiples at a feeder. Some plants attract hummingbirds so well that the birds will actually ignore the feeders when the plant is producing.
Posted on 7/25/16 at 11:57 am to BiggerBear
i've noticed an uptick over the last week as well... gonna put another feeder out today.
Posted on 7/25/16 at 12:22 pm to gmrkr5
My go to Hummingbird plants:
Salvia guaranitica...species or "Black and Blue"
Salvia greggii/microphylla or any hybrid thereof
Malvaviscus drummondii
Monarda
They also love Hibiscus syriacus AKA Rose of Sharon/Althea..too many seedlings though.
Manettia cordifolia
Annual vines like Ipomoea quamoclit or Ipomoea hederifolia/coccinea...all quite invasive.
Anisacanthus wrightii
Dicliptera suberecta
A video from last year
Salvia guaranitica...species or "Black and Blue"
Salvia greggii/microphylla or any hybrid thereof
Malvaviscus drummondii
Monarda
They also love Hibiscus syriacus AKA Rose of Sharon/Althea..too many seedlings though.
Manettia cordifolia
Annual vines like Ipomoea quamoclit or Ipomoea hederifolia/coccinea...all quite invasive.
Anisacanthus wrightii
Dicliptera suberecta
A video from last year
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