My hummingbirds have been slow and sporadic coming in this year. They seem to come and leave with a thunderstorm. I am normally feeding almost 2 gallons of sugar water each day by this time. I am presently feeding almost a gallon a day. I couldn't get a lot of them in the photos but I hoped you would enjoy what I did get in case you don't have them where you are. I will keep trying as time goes.

Oh my! Thats alot of lil birds! Hope they stay away from your car!

I not sure why but it will pick up at the end of next month.

Gorgeous!! Is that a Goldfinch I spy as well?

Dorothy, thank you for the beautiful photos!! I never see one that isn't in motion !! They are so cute!
Thanks for sharing :D

I I am in West TN and have noticed that our Hummingbirds have not shown up yet this year. I am usually filling our feeders every other day because we have so many.

Billy

Wow! You are feeding a lot of 'em! That is great. Have you ever found a hummingbird nest?

I love hummingbirds but have seen very few this year. They must all be at your house!

I love hummingbirds they just fascinate me. I haven't had many this year, not sure why!

The hummingbirds are here, in Rhode Island. I have never had so many. I love watching them. Thanks for sharing your pictures with us.

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In this post some members describe nests they have seen. I have never seen one. I would love to see one.

Everyone is welcome to add your hummingbird photos to this post if you would like. I will enjoy seeing them.

Wow! I have a few, but not that many!

The hummingbirds don't usually arrive here in south Louisiana until the middle of August. Time for me to stock up on food for them.

I have three that come around everyday and especially when its raining and before a storm.

That's because they are all at her house! Same here. Neighbors told me they had hummers. I have yet to see any and I have food and flowers available to them. I might be missing them too

It has been an odd year here in Central Okla. for birds. We normally have lots of hummers. So far we have seen 2!!! I do not know what is up with that. We had 2 prs of Orioles early & now they have disappeared as well. Normally they stay until late Aug or early Sept. I just love the pics of your feeders! I dearly love to watch them flitting around.

Looks like hummingbird central!! :-D

I love hummingbirds they are so sweet. I have a friend whose husband feeds them on their back patio. There is one hummingbird that winters over - it doesn't get that cold in Oregon but it does get cold enough and we usually have one really good cold snap. One year this little bird was so cold that when Rocky went out to feed him he allowed Rocky to hold him while he ate. They have pictures it is so sweet.

The turk's cap flowers in my front flowerbed have just started blooming so I should be seeing hummingbirds soon.

We have a few but not as many as normal. I stopped wearing red because the humming birds would buzz me thinking I was food.

WOW!!! I would love to see that many around here :D:D:D

Our hummingbirds are slowly arriving this year.Wonder if bad weather dicimated them this year? somewhere. Usually we are micing the nectar by the gallons too. not this year.

Amazing, I do have a humming bird nesting in my tree by the window. I have never seen that. It feeds off my rose of sharon bush next to it.

Your pics are great. We only have two feeders, and this year, I don't see as much activity as in previous years.
Serita

That's funny! We kept having them fly into the garage and couldn't get them out. Finally figured out they were after the red emergency cord on the garage door opener! We changed it for another color and haven't had a problem since.

My hummers have been scarce this year too. I just figured they went farther north where it's cooler.

Last month we spent a few days at a lake and rented a cabin that had a nice breezy 2nd floor deck, so we sat out there in rocking chairs, enjoying the scenery. We noticed a hummingbird flitting around quite a bit and I finally saw her go to a nest where there were 2 babies. The nest was really tiny and camouflaged quite well. People, I'm 56 years old and that was the first time in my life I ever saw a hummingbird nest (except for in a book or on TV). We watched those babies be fed about every 10 minutes. They were so big they filled the nest and jostled each other for space. That poor mama bird made many, many trips to get food for them. We think she flew across the lake to where there were several houses on a bluff. Someone there must have had feeders. Watching them was really the highlight of my trip.

I have tried to put out feeders for our hummers but I have a problem with the liquid spoiling and getting moldy real fast. What do you that are in hot states do??? :-(

This is the first year I've put out feeders as I haven't seen them around that much. I have at least three that stop by regularly and had to put out a second feeder on another window because they were fighting over the one. I have the suction cup holders and the feeders like Dorothy's on her bottom tier. They are the easiest to clean as they come completely apart and don't have any tiny bottle openings. So far a quart of sugar water lasts over a week as I don't put much in them because I have to clean them every other day. The birds are fun to watch.

I don't fill my feeders full and wash them out every other day with HOT soapy water. I boil the sugar water in the microwave, cool and refrigerate until needed.

What solution ratio do you use? Birds & Bloom said 1/4 cup sugar to 1 cup of water...........I tried that; my solution goes down but we seldom see them feed..............calla/Sue in MI

I use 1 cup sugar to 4 cups water.

Oh wow! You have a ton of hummys!

Holy cow, that is quite the hummer cafeteria you got going there. I only have 2 feeders but see them used frequently. I think they have a nest in our cedar trees because the female is constantly coming and going from there.

Ratio is 4 c. water to 1 c. sugar - NO FOOD COLORING

I have 2 pair that are here all summer.
I had 4 pair last year.

Wow, I thought I had a lot with three. They keep me busy filling them up every other day and I am buying sugar by the 10 lbs bags now! I have about twenty at a time feeding off ours! They are so beautiful and fun to watch! We are trying to figure out how to create a mister so they can run through it. They love it when it rains.

Awesome thanks for sharing.

Thanks for sharing . I love humminbirds. Wish i had more. Not many this year.

I use that ratio. I mix 4 cups of water to 1 cup sugar at a time. My hummers feed throughout the day and a lot just before dark. I guess they're filling up for the night.

Oops, sorry for the double post.

Thank you so much for sharing these photos. We haven't had hardly any hummers and only a couple of goldies. I really enjoyed seeing them in your photos.

We only saw one earlier in June. Haven't seen any since.