Participant Photo: Why aren’t any hummers coming to my feeders?
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Okay. If you’ve been browsing the NestWatch participant photos, you’re probably tired of this question. Sorry. But I’d really like to know why the hummingbirds aren’t coming to my feeders! 😩 Mainly so that I can fix whatever it is I’m doing wrong so that they will come. I know they’re in the area, because I saw a male Ruby-Throat a few weeks ago. It was about 8:00 in the morning. I was watching all the other birds flock to my feeder, so interested, that for once I’d forgotten about hummers. (I’d been wishing they were here for a month.) Suddenly, a blur of green darted into the chaos. It took me a second to comprehend what was going on. It hovered overhead for a second, and I got a glimpse of its red throat. Then I realized. 😱 “It’s a hummingbird!!!” It dipped its bill into the sugar water solution for about 2 seconds, then quickly zipped away. (I was so excited about seeing one that I think I woke my whole family up telling them. Oops. 😉🥴) I haven’t seen any hummers since. 😞☹️😖😩🥺 I refilled the sugar water and cleaned the feeders, but still none came back. Beginning to think that they might’ve been afraid of the other birds, I moved the feeders. (Not too far from the last spot.) still none came. So I moved them again today. I had a nectar feeder out the front yard too, with no other bird feeders, just a nectar, and they still didn’t come. But the Common Grackles like feeding in the front and that’s where our dogs usually dwell. And they bark at EVERYTHING! Even sometimes birdsong. 🙄 🤦🏽♀️ I try to keep them inside, but I have to let them out sometime! Can’t have them peeing the house, lol. (Which they do, a lot. 😣🙄😒) If they don’t come after moving the feeders where I did today, well, then I’m out of ideas. 🙇🏽♀️ Please! Does anyone have any tips on what to do? I’m completely at a loss, here! Thank you SO much for any advice given!
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