It is pretty normal to see several hummingbirds as they come in form migration.
Once mating has settled, males defend territory, females begin to build nests,
raise young, go to natural sources of food like insects and wildflower. A
female hummer will catch 2,000 insects per day to feed their young. Once the
young fledge closer to Memorial Day you will see a flush of them.
They are still there.
JP
John M. Pollpeter
Lead Naturalist
Woodlands Nature Station
Friends of Land Between the Lakes
Office: 270-924-2294
"The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts." - Aldo
Leopold
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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Wendy Burt <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7:36 PM
To: BIRDKY@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <BIRDKY@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] 2023 Hummingbirds
After a stellar start to our 2023 hummingbird year — our 1st arrived on 4/7,
followed by another and another and another — enough hummingbirds that, for the
first time, we hung more than our usual one feeder before the broods fledge.
But now it’s been days or even weeks since we’ve seen a hummingbird. Is it
possible that we lost them after the temperature dropped to 29 degrees on April
24?
What do your hummingbird populations look like this year?======TES TO
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