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Where are all the hummingbirds this year?

Posted on 6/4/22 at 12:33 pm
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56105 posts
Posted on 6/4/22 at 12:33 pm
I have had a feeder out since April and have seen very few.
Posted by VernonPLSUfan
Leesville, La.
Member since Sep 2007
15886 posts
Posted on 6/4/22 at 12:36 pm to
Same here. Had some passer byes but must have moved on up.
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31221 posts
Posted on 6/4/22 at 3:07 pm to
None here, but we usually see very few in the spring for some reason. Fall is a different story, we see a lot.
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
15476 posts
Posted on 6/4/22 at 3:10 pm to
Biden inflation got em shut down....
Posted by Nicky Parrish
Member since Apr 2016
7098 posts
Posted on 6/4/22 at 3:44 pm to
Haven’t seen near as many as we usually have. Saw very few during the migration and even less now. Have three feeders out in their usually favorite place, we sometimes would have as many as nine feeders. Most of my wife’s nectar plants, butterfly host plants and hummingbird gardens were destroyed during Ida, but she is working hard getting them all back up. We also lost 11 large trees. It has to be the lack of food and habitat over the wide area of destruction in SE Louisiana is the cause.

South Lafourche below the Intracoastal.
This post was edited on 6/4/22 at 3:49 pm
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
24078 posts
Posted on 6/4/22 at 4:10 pm to
They probably aren't really visiting feeders right now, anyway. Lot's of wildflowers have been in bloom for a while now, and if they have a chick to feed they are catching bugs too.
This post was edited on 6/4/22 at 4:11 pm
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16549 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 3:06 pm to
I was seeing a ton of them when turkey hunting at the end of April in North MS. I think I've only seen a few since then at my feeder, and none here in the last few weeks in Collierville, TN
Posted by TimeOutdoors
AK
Member since Sep 2014
12123 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 3:40 pm to
My understanding is that when they are feeding chicks they go more to an insect diet. Leave them out, they will be back.
Posted by tonydtigr
Beautiful Downtown Glenn Springs,Tx
Member since Nov 2011
5129 posts
Posted on 6/30/22 at 7:20 pm to
I saw a ton at the cabin in Arkansas last week. I never put the feeders up, but they were looking for them.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81734 posts
Posted on 8/11/22 at 3:39 pm to
We went from one last week to 4 as of today. I upped the feeders accordingly. Expecting a huge number this fall since this will be the third year here to put up multiple feeders.
Posted by PSUMMERS
Ms
Member since Sep 2014
388 posts
Posted on 8/18/22 at 8:56 pm to
I got my usual 2 in the spring. Picked up 3 more about 3 weeks ago. I have the smallest on I have ever seen this year looks like a cricket with wings.
Posted by Folsom
Folsom
Member since Mar 2006
3309 posts
Posted on 8/19/22 at 8:12 pm to
Where are all the hummingbirds this year?

Have 3 feeders out and more hummers this month that last.
Posted by Phil09
North Mississippi
Member since Apr 2018
24 posts
Posted on 8/20/22 at 9:24 pm to
We've had our usual hummingbird activity throughout the summer. Hard to get a good count of how many birds but we put out 2 to 3 gallons of nectar per week May thru August. Keep four feeders active and add a few more when the south bound migration kicks in. The first two weeks of September are always crazy with migrators stopping on their way thru. Fun to watch.
Posted by PaBon
UPT 17th W/D
Member since Sep 2014
1891 posts
Posted on 8/21/22 at 10:19 pm to
Just started showing up on the Mississippi gulf coast. Had 4 today at our feeders.
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
5198 posts
Posted on 8/22/22 at 9:38 am to
Saw a 100+ in west Alabama on Saturday. Said they showed up a couple of weeks ago.
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
15360 posts
Posted on 8/31/22 at 7:47 am to
I’ve seen quite a few at my pods feeder.
Posted by mtb010
San Antonio
Member since Sep 2009
4420 posts
Posted on 8/31/22 at 8:33 am to
We are just starting to get a few here in south Texas. It's usually in September when we have the most.
Posted by LPLGTiger
Member since May 2013
1419 posts
Posted on 9/1/22 at 8:54 am to
I have seen a couple. A male comes in the morning and every other day or so a female will come in the evenings. Female will chirp like crazy at first if we are on the back deck but after a few minutes ignores us and goes to the feeder. Neat to watch how quick they come and go.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78369 posts
Posted on 9/7/22 at 3:39 pm to
quote:

Where are all the hummingbirds this year?
my backyard

seriously its a damn thunderdome back there in the afternoons. we have been eating outside just to catch the action. they aren't the least bit afraid of us being 5 feet away.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99150 posts
Posted on 9/7/22 at 7:35 pm to
Plenty at my place in SEBR
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