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sunkissed

Feb 16, 2021 10:59 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

Time to start a new thread since Hummers are showing up for some.
Winter visiting Male Ruby-throated in my garden.

Purple Firespike (Odontonema callistachyum)
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wildflowers

Feb 16, 2021 11:03 AM CST

Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
Shine Your Light!

Sherri, thank you for the new thread with such beautiful photos!

I'm looking forward to visitors soon... they should be here the first week of April.

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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SoCalGardenNut

Feb 16, 2021 11:07 AM CST

Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
Lazy Gardener or Melonator

Beautiful!

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sunkissed

Feb 16, 2021 11:11 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

Thank you Christine and SoCal, not sure where that male will eventually go, he's just a snowbird. I usually get a couple females in early spring that hang around for a few months.

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flaflwrgrl

Feb 16, 2021 1:09 PM CST

Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)

Thank you for the new thread Sherri. Lovely pictures of your mail hummingbird and you never know he might hang around and make the acquaintance of those girls that you get.

I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown

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sunkissed

Feb 21, 2021 7:08 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

flaflwrgrl said:Thank you for the new thread Sherri. Lovely pictures of your mail hummingbird and you never know he might hang around and make the acquaintance of those girls that you get.

That would be fun.

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Hamwild

Mar 11, 2021 2:33 PM CST

Georgia (Zone 8a)

I put up our hummingbird feeder today. So begins the waiting game!

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quietyard

Mar 11, 2021 2:57 PM CST

Name: Linda
Tucson, Arizona

They never leave here so get to enjoy them all year long.

" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8

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Bschmuck

Mar 11, 2021 3:05 PM CST

Name: Bria
Northern VA (Zone 7a)

I was just wondering when I should put my feeder out here in Northern VA. I hung one last year for the first time, but didn't put it out til later in the summer. I read I'm supposed to put it out before they show up.

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quietyard

Mar 11, 2021 3:07 PM CST

Name: Linda
Tucson, Arizona

Have you seen any of them yet, Bria? If so I would hang it then, but I really have no knowledge of Virginia so cannot help much.

" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8

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Hamwild

Mar 11, 2021 3:21 PM CST

Georgia (Zone 8a)

Bschmuck said:I was just wondering when I should put my feeder out here in Northern VA. I hung one last year for the first time, but didn't put it out til later in the summer. I read I'm supposed to put it out before they show up.

I read online, for VA, mid April. But, you could do it start of April in case they're early.

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wildflowers

Mar 11, 2021 3:24 PM CST

Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
Shine Your Light!

According to the Audubon site, you should expect hummingbirds to arrive in the northeast by late April.
https://www.audubon.org/news/w...

Here in north Texas, there are usually sightings at the end of March but like clockwork, I will see them the first week of April.

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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ctcarol

Mar 12, 2021 9:29 PM CST

Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.

Mine stay all year, but if yours are migratory, a feeder would make a great food stop for them...whether they stay or not.

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sunkissed

Mar 14, 2021 9:09 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

I haven't seen my male now for a good two weeks, guess he's moved on. These were the last photos I got of him, would sit on that branch every night and watch the sunset. I usually have a couple females this time of year, but so far haven't seen them yet.

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quietyard

Mar 14, 2021 2:51 PM CST

Name: Linda
Tucson, Arizona

Sherri that second picture made me feel like I could actually touch the Hummingbird. Excellent photo!

" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8

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SoCalGardenNut

Mar 14, 2021 3:04 PM CST

Name: SoCal
Orange County (Zone 10a)
Lazy Gardener or Melonator

Beautiful, Cheri.

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sunkissed

Mar 15, 2021 6:37 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Sherri
Central Florida (Zone 9b)

Thank you all, I miss seeing him, wondering where my females are, hope they still show up.

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Murky

Mar 16, 2021 12:49 PM CST

Name: Nancy
Northeastern Illinois (Zone 5b)

All these great photos are making me really antsy for spring to get here when I can start planting containers for the hummingbirds and the perennials start flowering. Right now I'm just at the indoor seed-starting stage with a little snow on the ground.

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gardenfish

Mar 16, 2021 4:24 PM CST

Name: Lynda Horn
Arkansas (Zone 7b)
Eat more tomatoes!

Well, mine arrive fairly late. I usually hang my feeders up mid April, but don't get my fist one until late June.

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
Mother Teresa

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LindaTX8

Mar 16, 2021 5:30 PM CST

Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

I put mine out and so far actually saw one hummer on it.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

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