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a kennedy

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11. and sorry, but where are you???

Reply to niyad (Reply #10)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 12:00 AM

Aug 7

I have names for all mine…..bobber, guzzler, gazer, bomber, and flighty. 5 hummers, most are females. It’s funny, have seen females all drink at the same time, but when the red neck male comes around, all the females quit drinking and let “him” drink.

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Well, gotta buy another 10 pound bag of sugar.....my hummers have not stopped drinking for the last week. [View all] a kennedy Aug 6 OP

The hummingbirds love porterweed markodochartaigh Aug 6 #1

It must be a banner year for hummers. We haven't seen one for several years until this summer. rsdsharp Aug 6 #2

I go thru a 25 lb bag every 3-4 weeks or so. alittlelark Aug 6 #3

I've been thinking of setting up a feeder because this heat is really wearing on the one that come to my yard. Baitball Blogger Aug 6 #4

1 cup sugar to 4 cups water, boil, let the mixture cool down then fill the feeders. a kennedy Aug 6 #5

We always put up our feeders during spring and fall migration, surfered Aug 6 #6

What a cheap cost JMCKUSICK Aug 6 #7

Ya, and you're right, a little cost for such pleasure..... a kennedy Aug 6 #9

We have had hummers for almost 20 years Omaha Steve Aug 6 #8

I am so jealous! My neighbors and I put up several feeders weeks niyad Aug 6 #10

and sorry, but where are you??? a kennedy Aug 7 #11

Colorado Springs. This lack of hummers is unusual. niyad Aug 7 #12