telle
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Post by telle on Feb 23, 2016 18:55:12 GMT -5
Having lived in CA during my childhood I instantly fell in love with hummingbirds. However, since moving to Florida I have only seen one of these beautiful birds, so imagine my thrill when I heard the familiar hum and tweet three weeks ago and caught sight of one. I instantly made my nectar recipe and hung the feeder out and have seen this ruby throated hummingbird every 20 to 30 minutes for three weeks solid. I sit on my back porch as much as I can and just watch her fly to the feeder and then to a flower. I am hopeful she will stay forever!
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Post by Joe M on Feb 24, 2016 15:38:31 GMT -5
Telle, Very unlikely that your hummer will stay for more than another month. Your hummer is most likely an over-wintering bird that will soon migrate north for the summer breeding season.
S. Fl. unfortunately doesn't host many summer hummers or nesting birds. No records of nesting hummers in S. Fl. that I know of. There is a good chance the bird will return this fall and attract others to your yard! Best advice for folks in S. Fl. is to have feeders up and maintained Nov.-Mar. since that's the time they come back to the area, for the winter. Just like so many other "snow birds" that visit us in the winter.
Enjoy your hummer!
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Beau
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Post by Beau on Feb 24, 2016 16:19:06 GMT -5
Plant some hummingbird plants and many of them & they will stay. I'm pretty sure that there are alot of guest & members that on this website that are from up north. They assume there are no birds here when they leave and go back north .I assure you there are millions here especially when it's nice &warm. Been here all my life and have seen more hummingbirds during summer. Come by anytime & see if ur in doubt.
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Post by john on Feb 24, 2016 18:57:31 GMT -5
[quote author=" Beau" source="/post/3290/thread" timestamp="145634 awesome you have a winter friend |
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