| For The Love of Hummingbirds Page 2 |
| 2004 Hummingbirds |
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| I began decorating for my Hummingbird's Homecoming the first of March in 2004, with red everywhere I could put it. Then finally on March 27th, I finally spotted my first male Ruby Throat. I was estatic! But getting a picture of him was difficult. |
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| Within a day he was gone and I had to wait a couple of more days to see another. That one brought a friend and by April 6th I saw my first female. |
| About the only time I would see a hummer was between 6 and 9 am and between 4 and 7 pm. We were running the webcam so that all of our friends could try to catch a glimpse of them, too. They weren't the best pictures but they were of a hummingbird all the same. LOL |
| By mid-April I knew I had one of my regular fellows back. I called him Fat Boy and he liked to sit and listen to me talk to him. |
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| May flew into June which flew into July and I was blessed with several males and twice as many females. By the first of July I was seeing immature Ruby Throats guarding the feeders from their elders and my numbers grew. By mid-July I would only see one male around. I named him Mr. Red. He liked to guard a less busy feeder on the front porch. |
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| The last week of July brought several more males in to defend the feeders and add to the activity that the juviniles were enjoying. By mid-August it became even more busy. A cool spell with rain bought all the neighborhood hummingbirds to my feeders one day and at one point I counted 11 hummers at the 3 feeders on my east deck. The thrill of seeing all that activity lasted all day and into the next when it was sunny and cooler. |
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| The feeder flurry began to slow the first of September but my hummers remained around until mid-October. |