Ruby-throated hummingbird DSC_0834
Note: Some of the images I am using for the Bird count were previously taken. I'm short on time at the moment. Also, less birds visit when the camera is visible.
For the bird count, there are three hummers here on a regular basis. One male and two females. They use the feeders on occasion but they prefer to nectar from the flowers most of the time. I believe that there is one couple and they may have started nesting in oak two. They fuss at me every time I get too close to that oak. Image taken through the window. I put the hummingbird feeder in the firebush outside the window and swap it out with a different feeder with fresh sugar water every three days. In the future, I will only purchase small feeders and they will all be the same. The idea is to be able to make the swap with a fresh clean feeder / water and bring the other one if to clean with little disturbance to the birds. They don't seem to mind too much that the feeder style changes often. But if I were buying them over again, I would go for small ones in order to save on sugar water. It's not expensive to make or anything but it does mold here in FL fairly quickly so it needs changed often for the birds health. I'd rather fill small ones each time :)
Ruby-throated hummingbird DSC_0834
Note: Some of the images I am using for the Bird count were previously taken. I'm short on time at the moment. Also, less birds visit when the camera is visible.
For the bird count, there are three hummers here on a regular basis. One male and two females. They use the feeders on occasion but they prefer to nectar from the flowers most of the time. I believe that there is one couple and they may have started nesting in oak two. They fuss at me every time I get too close to that oak. Image taken through the window. I put the hummingbird feeder in the firebush outside the window and swap it out with a different feeder with fresh sugar water every three days. In the future, I will only purchase small feeders and they will all be the same. The idea is to be able to make the swap with a fresh clean feeder / water and bring the other one if to clean with little disturbance to the birds. They don't seem to mind too much that the feeder style changes often. But if I were buying them over again, I would go for small ones in order to save on sugar water. It's not expensive to make or anything but it does mold here in FL fairly quickly so it needs changed often for the birds health. I'd rather fill small ones each time :)