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Post by Jose on Mar 7, 2015 16:18:03 GMT -5
I have had Hummers in my yard for years now, they usually get here late september early october and hang arround until late March early April. I mainly see females and inmature males all Rubys but rarely see mature males. I have 3 feeders I keep about 25 ft apart and have seen three birds at once. Does anyone know why there seem to be so few mature males? Aside from the feeders I have fire bush, coral bean, perubian sunset and other flowering plants.
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Post by Andrea C. on Apr 1, 2015 14:32:48 GMT -5
I've lived in west central FL for 16 years and saw my first hummingbird yesterday! It had a pinkish head and green wings and landed on a bottlebrush tree. Very egg-citing!
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Post by brianabol on May 22, 2015 13:59:24 GMT -5
Just moved from NYC to Fort Lauderdale. Before I bought furniture, I bought a hummingbird feeder. I'm a zoology FREAK and have never seen one. So, I know there's little more annoying than a Newbie who asks all the basic virgin questions, so I'm not going to. I did my research and know what I'm doing as far as being prepared for the arrival. I'm grateful to the two administrators on here who answer questions and have taken care of filling in my ignorance gaps. That were : Are they here now? Can a constant food source keep them from migrating and nest down here? ( God knows I've got the mosquitoes and gnats in my yard for them. (HOW do you people LIVE down here!?)) Why do you keep planting bromiliads everywhere, then ask, "Where are all these mosquitoes coming from?"?? My biggest question is technically answered by my Massachusetts brother, but what's contradicting his info is all the shocked members on this thread who are having sighting hummers down here in the summer. The summer-hummers. Donna Summer. The summer nectar hunters. The birds of summer. Anyway.... Sept to March is when I can expect to see them in Fort Lauderdale. And I'll be ready on Aug 31.. But...am I wasting my time putting out or having a feeder up before the fall migration?
PS...The warblers down here are ASTOUNDING! 5 species in my yard in the first week! I've only seen warblers in Central park maybe 4 times in my LIFE! But now, @ the second week of May...POOF! All gone! Was it something I said? Where did they all go? And why? Tell them I'm sorry!
Thank you all very much!
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Post by Joe M on May 26, 2015 16:07:10 GMT -5
 Just moved from NYC to Fort Lauderdale. Before I bought furniture, I bought a hummingbird feeder. I'm a zoology FREAK and have never seen one. So, I know there's little more annoying than a Newbie who asks all the basic virgin questions, so I'm not going to. I did my research and know what I'm doing as far as being prepared for the arrival. I'm grateful to the two administrators on here who answer questions and have taken care of filling in my ignorance gaps. That were : Are they here now? Can a constant food source keep them from migrating and nest down here? ( God knows I've got the mosquitoes and gnats in my yard for them. (HOW do you people LIVE down here!?)) Why do you keep planting bromiliads everywhere, then ask, "Where are all these mosquitoes coming from?"?? My biggest question is technically answered by my Massachusetts brother, but what's contradicting his info is all the shocked members on this thread who are having sighting hummers down here in the summer. The summer-hummers. Donna Summer. The summer nectar hunters. The birds of summer. Anyway.... Sept to March is when I can expect to see them in Fort Lauderdale. And I'll be ready on Aug 31.. But...am I wasting my time putting out or having a feeder up before the fall migration? PS...The warblers down here are ASTOUNDING! 5 species in my yard in the first week! I've only seen warblers in Central park maybe 4 times in my LIFE! But now, @ the second week of May...POOF! All gone! Was it something I said? Where did they all go? And why? Tell them I'm sorry! Thank you all very much! I personally wouldn't bother putting out a feeder until late Sep.. Bromiliads may add a bit to the mosquitoe population but I doubt they are the primary problem.As far as the fall migration I doubt the SE coast of FL even experiences a fall hummer migration! Even though they are few and far between, we do have a few summer hummers, primarily central to north FL, very few south of I-4! I haven't seen a hummer for the past 3 weeks but low and behold had a female ruby-throated make an appearance this morning. A slightly damaged bill but no nest markings on her belly. My guess is that she is probably going to breed here, since there is no other reason for her to be here this time of the year . |
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Post by brianabol on May 28, 2015 12:29:52 GMT -5
Alright! Thanks! So...Even though there's no fall migrations down to the SE coast, is there ANY population of hummers down here in this region between Sept and April? And what about the two Caribbean species who are vagrant in S. Florida? The info on line is SO black and white. Is there a winter hummer population in Fort Lauderdale or not?
Thanks again, Joe.
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Post by Joe M on May 28, 2015 13:14:06 GMT -5
Alright! Thanks! So...Even though there's no fall migrations down to the SE coast, is there ANY population of hummers down here in this region between Sept and April? And what about the two Caribbean species who are vagrant in S. Florida? The info on line is SO black and white. Is there a winter hummer population in Fort Lauderdale or not? Thanks again, Joe. I'm sure you will see a few this fall and winter! ebird.org/ebird/map/rthhum?neg=true&env.minX=-108.29102231249999&env.minY=16.44587111679244&env.maxX=-59.68750668749999&env.maxY=36.08398835295075&zh=true&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=12-2&bmo=12&emo=2&yr=last10I wouldn't count on ever seeing a Caribbean vagrant since it would be about as likely as snowfall in south FL. Your more likely to see a western hummer: Rufous or Buff-bellied! BTW, don't get me wrong about there being no migration in south FL. Obviously if we have over wintering hummers they migrated here, but central and south FL tend to be destinations rather than migratory routes. |
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Post by brianabol on May 29, 2015 11:40:36 GMT -5
OK WHEW! I already had the box bought in which I was going to ship my hummingbird feeders to my buds in Palm Springs, who have a whole LOT of different species in big numbers and have them nesting on two sides of their property. Can NOT understand WHY an animal in such need of nectar and soft bodied bugs would be SO prevalent in a big desert! Anyway...I'll recycle the box in my compost and keep my feeders forfour more months.
Thanks for your help Joe. GO PATS!
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