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Post by maryoppman on Aug 24, 2015 10:25:57 GMT -5
Yesterday at about 4:30pm we heard the voice of a bird we had not seen before. We looked up into our bottlebrush tree and there we saw two Hummingbirds, both flew off in a flash. About 3-4 minutes later a single one re-appeared, flew in and out of our trees for 1-2 minutes, then gone again. I went into the house and filled our hummingbird feeder went outside and hung it. The little guy came back one more time, he did not lite on the feeder unfortunately, then was gone within a minute.
I was just so surprised to see them, as we turned our entire yard into a butterfly garden 7-8 years ago. Now, I know many butterfly plants attract Hummers also but because we had never seen any we honestly thought there were none in our area. Now, I anxiously await their return so that I can get some photos and identify them!!
I live in Dunedin, Florida.
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Post by Beau on Aug 24, 2015 15:09:31 GMT -5
you r right that butterfly plants attract hummers, but most of them dont hold enough nectar to sustain them, they have 2 b on the move at all times. i have 9 ruby throats now but i have 215 plants that make them stay. the feeders have to b learned, i have tried many times with them but they want the real thing, they wont even look at it.
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Post by Mr.Leggs on Sept 21, 2015 5:19:07 GMT -5
I first spotted a ruby throat-ed hummer in February of this year, Fruitland Park FL, and my wife hung a feeder and both the male and female feed for most of the summer but as fast as they found our feeder they left around the middle of August and we haven't seen them since. Do you know if they go further south or were we just fortunate to have them for this short period? I have been trying to find out when the hummers come into central Florida(lake county) and when or if they leave but like always the sites that I have tried just keep leading me into more and more sites with no answers.
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Post by Steve Backes on Sept 21, 2015 6:05:46 GMT -5
Hummingbirds may be found year round in Lake County but they may be very local, in some neighborhoods and not others. They will be less common during the winter but are still possible. They are most common throughout the state during migrations, March-May and August - October. Summering birds migrate south as others are migrating through the state but some of those southbound migrants will stop to spend the winter in Florida.
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