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My hummingbirds are active. I get the usual "suspects" at the feeder and in the yard. Took a little stroll through the nature preserve today and saw my first Baltimore Oriole. Got a cool pic of a red winged blackbird which does not want to load here.
We put out half an orange in a hanger designed for them and they have been there all day for the past couple.
Maybe I am, Dean/Morris. Actually, to me the doves are just like pigeons, maybe slightly better looking. They aren't on my feeders, just on the ground, so no real issue for me.
Can you post a picture of the hanger? A piece of orange sounds less messy than sugar syrup.
Ours is a very simple yet effective design from an arts & crafts show. Looks like something you could make with a coat hanger. Just a wire bowl with a hook. Easy to replace the orange. We attach it to a suet feeder, which they cleaned out today as well. Works for the short time they spend in our area.
It's good that you're trying to attract Hummingbirds into Loveland, Patty. Maybe your efforts will appeal to them.
Where you live you may see three different species: 1) Broad-tailed that appears in late May and nests in the mountains. 2) The Rufous that shows up about 4th of July. 3) Calliope that appears in late summer-early autumn.
Most favor the mid-low elevation forested areas and are not frequent visitors in the shortgrass steppe areas (where you live). In the past, we've lived in a rural area north of Longmont, CO, while there we had a feeder that attracted hummingbirds for a very short term... twice over a four year period. Prairie and grassland birds are the prime candidates for your feeder(s)
Such a nice way of educating me, Gary, while letting me know that I may not see an single hummer. I'm definitely learning new things all the time here in Colorado! I love it. For instance, planting narcissus in October doesn't give you Christmas flowers here. They freeze to death outside.
Such a nice way of educating me, Gary, while letting me know that I may not see an single hummer. I'm definitely learning new things all the time here in Colorado! I love it. For instance, planting narcissus in October doesn't give you Christmas flowers here. They freeze to death outside.
Colorado’s short flowering season and High Steppe Plains flora is a real deterrent for the hummers.
Our cold crisp nights kill off anything that blooms naturally or may be planted too early or late in the year.
My son, who lives in Bayfield just 25 miles outside of Durango, CO, has swarms of hummers in mid-late June through September. The residents of Colorado’s forested neighborhoods are keen on giving them a plentiful food source along with what nature provides. Close to your home, If you travel into Estes Park, Evergreen, or Allenspark’s private neighborhoods in mid-summer you’ll witness them in vast numbers.
05-06-2018, 02:08 PM
Actually, to me the doves are just like pigeons, maybe slightly better looking. They aren't on my feeders, just on the ground, so no real issue for me.
