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Hummingbird feeders - when to put out?
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:08 pm
Thinking about putting up Sunday in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:14 pm to Showplay
As soon as you are ready, I usually put mine out early to mid March
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:24 am to Bayou
We leave then out year round. Plenty of overwintering hummingbirds along the gulf coast.
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:56 am to Bayou
quote:
why bring them in
you dont want to shortstop them by providing a hot crop like sugar water
they may never leave
Posted on 2/14/19 at 8:05 am to Ron Cheramie
Ours stay out year round. Red Throats will winter in South Louisiana in small numbers. We see a couple a few every week.
Posted on 2/14/19 at 10:08 am to Showplay
I'm in NWLA.
I run them from now (Mid Feb) through about October. I really don't see any until March, but just in case I get them out a week or two early.
The Spring migration is less birds than the fall when they travel back South with their young of the year. August-September is prime time.
I run them from now (Mid Feb) through about October. I really don't see any until March, but just in case I get them out a week or two early.
The Spring migration is less birds than the fall when they travel back South with their young of the year. August-September is prime time.
Posted on 2/14/19 at 3:42 pm to Bayou
quote:
Why bring em in?
Left mine out last year and the honey bees found them. And my stupid dog found the honey bees.
Posted on 2/14/19 at 4:14 pm to Ron Cheramie
quote:
you dont want to shortstop them by providing a hot crop like sugar water
they may never leave
That's actually not a thing, just an old wives tale. A little sugar water is not going to change their innate drive to migrate.
Most overwintering hummingbirds along the gulf coast are actually not Ruby-throated hummingbirds who "short-stopped", but are vagrant species from out West.
You can read a bit more here, from the experts on hummingbird banding. Fred has captured a rufous hummingbird in FL that was 5 months later recaptured 3500 miles away in Alaska. Others are found overwintering in the same yard year after year.
These little guys are determined to go where they want to go.
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