Birders
Related: About this forumHummingbird still hanging around this morning. Isn't she pretty?
It was a little chilly here this morning but sunny and a little hazy. Maybe smoke in the upper atmosphere
Marthe48
(19,059 posts)I have calla lilies blooming right by my door, and a hummingbird was sampling the flowers. Nice picture!
Walleye
(35,857 posts)Number9Dream
(1,647 posts)Here in the Lehigh Valley, PA, we had a pair at our hummy feeder all summer. Now, we haven't seen them in a week... guess they headed south... miss them. Good luck with yours.
Walleye
(35,857 posts)I think last year I had stragglers right up until the last week of September. Infrequent though. I keep the feeders out. Fall comes just a little later here in Delaware than in the Lehigh valley I guess. Yes when I thought they were gone I was getting a little depressed. It happens every year
Backseat Driver
(4,635 posts)That last one I sighted took a nice long sip; getting ready? Then again, I only had a few visiting the feeder - one male and two females. Arrived mid April this year; I expect they're gone...went through almost 10 lb of sugar for refills at small feeder in front and larger one in the back because of long stretches of 90s that quickly fermented the DIY nectar this summer. Even the North Forty Inches garden tomatoes are just about finished; we usually put the garden to bed last weekend in September...patio cushions mid October. Love fall season; now it's sure getting darker earlier, but Winter is Coming!
multigraincracker
(34,105 posts)Hard to refill yesterday.
LakeArenal
(29,817 posts)Ill let you know when they get here!!!
Walleye
(35,857 posts)LakeArenal
(29,817 posts)Edit to add: The dragon flies are epic right now.
Walleye
(35,857 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,536 posts)Last spring and early summer I panicked because they disappeared. But I kept hoping, and replenishing their nectar. Then, as if by magic, they came back - WITH BABIES!!!
Now my yard is hummingbird central again!
Walleye
(35,857 posts)And I always think theyre not coming back, but of course they do. Thank goodness