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Lots of hummingbirds at my house after the storm
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 9/1/21 at 8:35 pm
Those amazing creatures must do well in hurricane force winds.
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Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:05 pm to I B Freeman
We went from our two little ones squabbling around the feeders to a half dozen after the storm. Constant dogfights. So fun to watch
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:09 pm to I B Freeman
so it’s not just me. i thought they may have been “ evacuees“
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:17 pm to I B Freeman
They are gearing up for the long flight across the gulf soon
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:37 pm to Ron Cheramie
Burning through one full feeder per day at
My house.
My house.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:43 pm to I B Freeman
I guess I need to get me feeders out.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 9:56 pm to I B Freeman
They got blown in from Africa....
Posted on 9/1/21 at 10:00 pm to oldskule
I went from a few to maybe 20. They fight some but now I regularly have every spot on the feeders occupied. They sit side by side and take turns. They are sucking feeders dry. Feels a little crazy using generator power to make more juice but I love them.
Posted on 9/1/21 at 10:45 pm to WeagleEagle
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Feels a little crazy using generator power to make more juice
Put sugar and water in a gatorade bottle and shake it up a few times. That's what I have been doing for 20+ years
Posted on 9/2/21 at 1:11 am to I B Freeman
I haven’t seen hummingbirds but we have seen lightning bugs for the first Time since I was a kid, at least in Louisiana.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:03 am to armsdealer
Just the opposite at my house,I had probably 10 before the hurricane now only have 2-3.
Grant Parish so hurricane didn’t really affect us,
Grant Parish so hurricane didn’t really affect us,
Posted on 9/2/21 at 5:21 am to I B Freeman
When I was hanging my feeders back up Monday morning they were flying up to them before I let go.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 7:51 am to Loup
They may be starting to migrate also. Where I normally have 5 or 6 yesterday I started to have 12 to 15. This morning there are even more. I am putting up a third feeder. I am in the far NW corner of Arkansas.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 8:02 am to Icansee4miles
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Constant dogfights. So fun to watch
If you could put a hummingbird's fight in a game rooster, that would be a bad arse.
They are the fightingest creature that I know of.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 8:38 am to LSUA 75
I'm in Alex and watching them dogfight at feeder now . They showed up about two weeks ago .
Posted on 9/2/21 at 8:41 am to oldskule
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They got blown in from Africa....
There are zero hummingbird species outside of the Americas. And the eastern US is pretty lame with only one species in any real numbers (out of 330 total species). But we do have lots of them now.
This is the time of year when the numbers really pick up. The population has probably more than doubled from the young they've raised, and the northern populations are heading south as migration is starting now.
This animation is pretty cool and shows where the hummingbirds are at each week of the year. We're approaching the maximum population for the year in Louisiana, it will last for a few more weeks.
Hummingbird Migration Animation
Posted on 9/2/21 at 9:56 am to WPBTiger
I failed to notice you were Irish me friend! 
Posted on 9/2/21 at 10:58 am to I B Freeman
We had 3-4 before the storm, and now we have 12-14+ and have to fill up the feeders daily....Hard to count them when there's that many around two feeders...I could watch them all day.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 12:52 pm to I B Freeman
My little grandson calls them tweety birds because of the sounds they make when fighting.
Posted on 9/2/21 at 2:01 pm to RedBeardBaw
I'll be making 2 quarts a day pretty soon. That will last well into September, then a rapid decrease as we get close to October.
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