When To Put Out
Humming Bird Feeder
By Michael Baughman
I like to
put out my
Hummingbird feeder
a few days
before I expect to see any Hummingbirds, so that I don't miss any of those early
arrivals. The best way to get a good idea when your Humming birds will be arriving in
your particular area is to get on the Internet and go to the Humming bird
Migration Map at
http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html
Each year as people report their first sightings of Hummingbirds, these
sightings are plotted on the Humming bird migration map along with the date. As the map is
continually updated, you can observe the northward migration of the Humming
birds and get a good idea when to expect them to start passing through your
area so you will know exactly when to put out your Humming bird feeder.
When to take down
your Hummingbird feeder
A good guideline to use is to
leave your Hummingbird feeder up for about 2 weeks
after your Hummingbirds have left for the season. This will
provide nectar for any Humming birds that might have gotten a late start on their
southward migration due to illness, injury or other reasons. If you go 2 weeks
without seeing a Hummingbird in September or October, when Humming bird migration occurs
across most of the United States, you can go ahead and take down your feeder
until next year.
As the days get shorter, this decrease in the amount of
daylight will trigger hormonal changes in the Hummingbird that will cause them
to migrate southward. So leaving your feeder up longer at the end of the season
will not cause them to hang around longer than they should.
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