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Post by starrjax on Oct 6, 2018 12:47:24 GMT -5
It's early October and I'm still keeping my feeders clean and in good Plainview. The middle and end of September were so incredibly hot. Towards the end of September I noticed that my homies were starting to leave, I had them good and fattened up though.
I haven't seen a Hummer in about a week. I know a few more will fly through so I'm keeping those feeders clean and filled.
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Post by Joe M on Oct 8, 2018 14:12:01 GMT -5
It's early October and I'm still keeping my feeders clean and in good Plainview. The middle and end of September were so incredibly hot. Towards the end of September I noticed that my homies were starting to leave, I had them good and fattened up though. I haven't seen a Hummer in about a week. I know a few more will fly through so I'm keeping those feeders clean and filled. We always have reports of hummers in the Jacksonville area every winter! Certainly not as many as seen during the spring or fall migration, They seem to be fairly common in localized places, so it might be a matter of your location. I would suggest you keep at least one feeder with fresh solution available for just the time that one passes through. Especially when their flowers are not blooming and feeders become very important as a nectar source. Be patient and optimistic, they are not uncommon during the winter months in JAX.
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Post by starrjax on Dec 31, 2018 9:43:18 GMT -5
Southside Jacksonville sightings.
I had decided to leave a couple of my feeders out just for any lagging hummingbirds. Additionally I have about 5 shrimp plants that are in full bloom.
I wasn't certain whether I would see a Hummer and was about to take my feeders down for a month or so when much to my happy surprise, I spotted a very plump Hummer nesting in my orange tree. He then flew over to the feeders and then over to the shrimp plant.
He was very plump :-) which tells me that perhaps he's just been hanging around instead of on a journey.
Of course I then refreshed my feeders and added a couple more. In 2 days I saw another hummingbird that was about half the size of the first bird that I had seen.
These birds really had no signs of the Ruby throat, my guess is that perhaps they are both female.
I'm so excited that I left my feeders out and that my shrimp plants helped them replenish for any trip or staycation they have in their future.
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