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Walleye

(35,999 posts)
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:12 AM Sep 2022

Hummingbird still hanging around this morning. Isn't she pretty?

It was a little chilly here this morning but sunny and a little hazy. Maybe smoke in the upper atmosphere

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Marthe48

(19,199 posts)
1. I saw one the other day
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:16 AM
Sep 2022

I have calla lilies blooming right by my door, and a hummingbird was sampling the flowers. Nice picture!

Walleye

(35,999 posts)
2. Thanks. I have seen them occasionally at the flowers in front of the restaurant I walk by.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:18 AM
Sep 2022

Number9Dream

(1,652 posts)
3. Ours seemed to have migrated about a week ago
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:22 AM
Sep 2022

Here in the Lehigh Valley, PA, we had a pair at our hummy feeder all summer. Now, we haven't seen them in a week... guess they headed south... miss them. Good luck with yours.

Walleye

(35,999 posts)
4. I thought mine were gone two days ago, but this one showed up yesterday
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 09:23 AM
Sep 2022

I think last year I had stragglers right up until the last week of September. Infrequent though. I keep the feeders out. Fall comes just a little later here in Delaware than in the Lehigh valley I guess. Yes when I thought they were gone I was getting a little depressed. It happens every year

Backseat Driver

(4,636 posts)
8. Haven't seen my Ruby Throats at the feeder for two weeks (Central OH)
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 10:58 AM
Sep 2022

That last one I sighted took a nice long sip; getting ready? Then again, I only had a few visiting the feeder - one male and two females. Arrived mid April this year; I expect they're gone...went through almost 10 lb of sugar for refills at small feeder in front and larger one in the back because of long stretches of 90s that quickly fermented the DIY nectar this summer. Even the North Forty Inches garden tomatoes are just about finished; we usually put the garden to bed last weekend in September...patio cushions mid October. Love fall season; now it's sure getting darker earlier, but Winter is Coming!

LakeArenal

(29,845 posts)
6. I'm waiting for your orioles and hummers here in Costa Rica.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 10:23 AM
Sep 2022

I’ll let you know when they get here!!!

LakeArenal

(29,845 posts)
12. It's a great time for bird watchers in Latin America.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 11:07 AM
Sep 2022

Edit to add: The dragon flies are epic right now.

Walleye

(35,999 posts)
13. Yes I really did enjoy the variety. Little redstarts hopping around for the sand fleas pretty cool
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 11:08 AM
Sep 2022

Mme. Defarge

(8,563 posts)
7. Anna's are in my area year round.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 10:31 AM
Sep 2022

Last spring and early summer I panicked because they disappeared. But I kept hoping, and replenishing their nectar. Then, as if by magic, they came back - WITH BABIES!!!

Now my yard is hummingbird central again!

Walleye

(35,999 posts)
10. I know how you feel though. Sometimes they disappear a week or so in the spring
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 11:03 AM
Sep 2022

And I always think they’re not coming back, but of course they do. Thank goodness

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