re: Hummingbirds/Hummingbird feeders

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?

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

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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?

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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.

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