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Walleye

(36,371 posts)
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 10:57 AM Sep 2022

Hummingbirds not all gone yet.

I thought yesterday they had all left but two of them showed up about 5 PM one of them came over to look at me in the window

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woodsprite

(12,241 posts)
1. We have 2 that keep showing up several times daily
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 11:07 AM
Sep 2022

Your pic is beautiful! I can’t get a decent one of ours due to shading from our porch.

Walleye

(36,371 posts)
2. My deck is on the second and top floor, so I get pretty good sunlight. I hope they haven't all gone
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 11:21 AM
Sep 2022

Ponietz

(3,322 posts)
8. Leave a light for stragglers
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 12:37 PM
Sep 2022

Experience taught me a few individuals might come through weeks after the others depart.

Walleye

(36,371 posts)
10. I was actually lazy enough to leave my feeder out in November a few years ago
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 12:42 PM
Sep 2022

And a Rufus hummingbird came and visited me thousands of miles out of his normal territory. He stayed for two weeks. Feeder was starting to freeze upI saved a couple of shots of him


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