I put the feeder up this past weekend, and saw the first hummingbird drinking from it this evening, near dusk.

not here

better be wearing a parka.......

9 months of winter

3 months of....

Damm it's hot

Won’t be long here

My wife just put out a feeder late yesterday afternoon and we saw the first one, a male, about an hour ago.

First chimney swift yesterday, first scissortail flycatcher last weekend, some more today.

Blue birds been working on nest boxes here

I got 3 feeders out for 4 days nothing yet. First time humming bird feeder here, found a bunch of feeders down in the shed. The lady that lived here before us left about 200 flower pots and a dozen or so bird feeders.

I put my feeders up on April 15 and almost always see the first bird within a few days. I watch the migration map to see when they might be getting near. LINK

Nice.

You’re better than this

I have one feeding. Probably more that I just don't see. The cool spells probably keeping them south but we'll have lots when the weather warms up consistently.

First was a couple of weeks ago,got a half dozen now,they have moved from the feeders in front of my house to the ones in the backyard this year.Thats different.

I saw my first hummingbird of the year, a male rufous hummingbird, here in southern southeast Alaska feeding on salmonberry flowers.

I just bought my 1st Hummingbird feeder yesterday on Amazon, hope it works, supposed to be the best. I hope to get some exceptional close-up photos!

Sherem Sweety Hummingbird Feeder, Red Libiyi Shirem Hexagonal Hummingbird Feeder, Outdoor Hanging Leak-Proof Feeder w/ 30 Feeding Ports.

The action starts at 3:27 minutes in:

Purple martins showed up today

Wow. 30 feeding ports would be 29 too many here. My black-chins won't allow another bird anywhere near "their" feeder. They'll perch and chase off any bird but their own mate - or kids when they fly.

That's interesting hey Rocky, a little bird with a big attitude. Would like to see them get into an argument with my Pelicans lol

I have no idea what kind, if any Hummingbirds I have here, I will put it out and hope for the best!

The only thing that my black-chins will not mess with are wasps. I think they might have learned that lesson the hard way. They attack everything else near the feeder.

Well, except for me. They know I am The Bringer of Good Stuff. If I take a feeder inside to clean and refill it, they'll hover where it's supposed to be, looking confused. Then, when I bring it out all freshly filled, they swoop right in immediately, almost before I can let go of it.

It’s official. First h-bird on my feeder outside my kitchen window just now. Landed on the little perch and fed for about 5 secs then whoosh it was gone.

Not a Humming Bird, but this morning I took this picture of the first Robin I have seen this year, he was singing his pecker off to attract a little lady to raise a family with.

For this far up north, it's very rare to see a Robin during the first week of April, and always the true, first sign of spring.

We have some non-migrating robins. I've seen a flock of more than 50 of them this winter. But I also know the migrating ones are back. Saw two yesterday. Can't tell if they were a mated pair or just bachelor buds. But they were keeping company.

No hummies within 300 miles of me reported yet. Two weeks, I'm guessing.

I witnessed a real humdinger of an aerial combat show yesterday by the feeder. The males seem like they are really trying to impale each other with their beaks.

I saw my first ones a few minutes ago. Looked at the feeder in the back and there were 2 using it, so I go look at the one in the front and there was 1 bird there. I thought my feeders were dropping a little, but this was the first birds spotted. I am glad to see them back. I alway think of Micky Coleman when they return. miles

I know why

Headed your way Mr Rocky

Three or four, now, all fighting over the feeder. Pretty entertaining. They live in the trees on my property.

These guys....

Mountain Blue jays

Are so annoying...in groups of 50+

Beautiful picture man, what camera are you using?

me...

IPhone 12...........(:

This guy was attacking his reflection in my office window this morning, took a couple of pictures of him.

If he knew how many geese I have killed in my lifetime, I think he would stay away from my house lol



4 feet away from him on my patio, he was so absorbed with his own reflection, he didn't even care I was there lol

Well I just got my Hummingbird Feeder, no experience with them so I am not sure where to hang it, so I hung it under my top deck. I made a solution of 1 cup of refined sugar and 4 cups of water.

Not sure when they arrive in Alberta, but I hope to get some cool pictures.

KillerBee,

I hope that feeder works better for you than it does for me. The hummingbirds will approach it, hover over it, and then go to one of the other feeders. I don't think I have seen a hummer actually feeding from it.

My longtime favorite is the feeder from Best-1 LINK

They come in 8-oz, 32-oz and a monster 72-oz. I have two 8s and a 32. I'd only recommend the 32 if you get a lot of simultaneous feeders. Since my blak-chins won't tolerate any other bird at a feeder, the 8s work best for me.

The best (that word again) thing about this kind is the they completely disassemble for cleaning. No hidden passages for mold to hide and taint the new feed mix.

Here's how I make up my mix: To one cup of cane sugar, stir in one cup of heavily boiling water. This not only dissolves the sugar completely but disinfects it as well. When clear, add three cups of cold water. This gives you the correct dilution and cools the mix enough to use it immediately. Store any extra in the fridge, but not over one week - if it lasts that long. Double or triple the amounts if needed.

I usually put mine up on April 15, but since the weather is great today, I plan to do it now.

Wow that sucks hey? Was promoted as the best which is why I bought it.

Thanks for the great tips RockyRaab, if I see any coming near it and hovering without using it, I will immediately order the one you recommended above and I like the amount of syrup it holds.

I will also use your formula for the syrup as well~

I boiled up six cups of hummingbird food, and put up my feeder yesterday.

Looks like I guessed right. The tracking map says a black-chin was sighted in my city yesterday. Welcome back, my little friends!

On a related note, my wife went out on the deck this morning at 4:15 and a bird flew into the house while the sliding door was open. Poor little thing was clinging to drapes, probably frightened to death. She was so immobile that I crept up and got a bucket over her, then slid a cover in. Took her outside and she flew off unharmed. Looked to be a female warbler. The first thing I did was to turn off all the lights so the only source would be from the open sliding door. Figured that if she did fly around in the room, she'd see that and fly out on her own. But she was far too scared for that, thank goodness. Getting her into the bucket risked no injury.

I learned that light trick dealing with baby chicks over the years. When you first let them loose, they have a tendency to get confused at night and not know how to get through obstacles between them and the hen house hatch, which is where chickens want to go after sundown. For example, they can be just feet away from the gap in the fence that lets them in, but they will just continually try to go through the chain link fence like they could when they were smaller. Easy solution is that they go where there's light, so you shine a bright flashlight at the gap in the fence, and that's where they go. Then you shine the light on the hen house hatch, and that's where they go, right on in, then you shut it up for the night.

I was giving a VIP tour of Kennedy Space Center one day when some king of beetle flew right into a lady's ear, and burrowed right down the canal. Naturally, the lady went nearly hysterical. Got her to an emergency room in the Vehicle Assembly Building, where a med tech started to get forceps and such out. I asked him to please loan me his pocket flashlight, and turn out the room lights. He looked at me quizzically but did so. I shined the light on the lady's ear and out came the beetle, on its own.

The tech said that's a trick he'd remember.

They're feathered chihuahuas. They think they're a lot bigger than they are. Bantam roosters are the same way.

Just saw my first hummingbird. Blue Ridge Mtns. North Carolina.
Just put up the feeder 2 days ago. I wonder if he will stick around, or is just passing through.

I would go out and try to get a photo but I'm watching The Masters. Scheffler just got a birdie.

I've had them buzzing all over mine since I started this thread, but suddenly they disappeared a couple of days ago. Not a one in sight. I went out and checked, and the thing was 100% empty and dry. I don't remember it emptying out so quickly last year. So I immediately cleaned it out, replaced the nectar, and hung it out there again, and now two days later, still not a single hummingbird. I guess they figured it had only so much nectar, and now they need to move on to someplace else. Hopefully, they will soon rediscover it.

They will. You're right that they were probably migrators.

I am not when the Hummingbirds start to arrive up here on the North 40, I sure hope my new feeder works when they do.

On my lake the ducks are coming in now, today is the first day I have seen ducks that were not Mallards.

An American Goldeneye



A pair of Bluebills

At around 5:00 this evening, I saw a lone hummingbird at the feeder, so they will soon all figure out that the nectar is back.

I was fishing at a Utah State Park this week, and saw two pairs of mated ospreys, lots of grebes, and could swear I heard at least one loon. The syrup level in my hummie feeders is slowly going down, so there may be birds hitting them that I haven't seen yet. Fingers crossed...

Had a pair of Redheads on our shoreline today. I have always considered them one of the prettiest ducks.

Our hummingbird is sticking around. He has a beautiful red throat. He just zoomed right in while I was standing 4 feet away and got his nectar. He comes and goes so quick, hard to get a photo.

We have Anna's Hummingbirds here year round. At this time of year, with lots of plants in bloom, they don't come to the feeders as much.

I have several feeders and just fill one and use it to replace the one needing cleaned. The birds never have to wait at my house.

Well, I have had my new Hummingbird feeder out for a while now, not a single one, no idea what time of the year they show up here, or if they even will at my location.

I did take this picture and a rare sighting it was, went out for a coffee, and to my complete surprise, there he was on my shoreline a Cinnamon Teal!

I have only seen two in my lifetime, he was the 2nd and I have been a duck hunter for 55 years. I shot the first one lol

Have any of you ever seen one, here he is, with the Miss's. Cheers, and happy bird watching.

Killer, You are a Canuckian in good standing...and you should know this...your hummingbirds are metric up there and thusly need to suck their welfare juice from a metric feeder. Get your tape measure out and check that feeder, you'll see I'm right.

Purple Martin house has turned into a brothel never seen so many different birds nest in one place😂

What's metric lol

My last year in school is when DIMWIT Sr. came out with metric, I never learned metric, only go by inches haha

If some hit the feeder I will immediately buy the one that RockyRaab recommended, the 32 oz. one, I have no idea what that is in ml either lol

Haw, We got it easy... Poor ol' BC Dwayne...he's a cuttin' inch lumber into metric cabinets...no wonder he spends so much time wandering the bush with a rifle contemplating the meaning of life.

Thought my fellow Birdwatchers might enjoy this picture of a Pair of Ringneck Ducks. Always wondered why they are called Ringnecks, when the ring is around their bill.

Did some research on Hummingbirds of Alberta, they typically show up in the middle of May. Hope some visit my feeder so I can get some good pictures.

Cheers ~

No Hummers here, we have Barn Swallows.

Still haven't seen one of my residents this year, but the syrup in my two feeders did go down very slowly since I put them out, so there may have been some birds passing through. Just changed them for new stuff, as the first syrup was in there for two weeks. Even with chilly weather, that's pushing it for mold and other nasties.

So you should change the syrup, every two weeks, if its unused?

Something to learn every day lol

What are the birds that sit on a cow's back, and eat bugs?

Cattle Egrets?... that is what I have always known them as .... Joe

Last week I had 3 of them, constant combat at the feeder. But, two of the little mites flew the coop! Headed up to West Virginia, I guess.
I still have this guy hanging around.

Also waiting on Goldfinches.

i saw a hummingbird and a Baltimore Oriole on 4/29 at my feeder.

We've had orioles here in West Michigan for about a week. Just saw a the first ruby throated hummingbird at the feeder an hour ago. Our feeders have been out a couple weeks. One got damn near emptied by a few small woodpeckers.

No hummers yet but had a tufted titmouse land on my shotgun barrel while turkey hunting this morning and have a pair of bard owls keeping the squirrels nervous.