When To Put Out
Hummingbird Feeder
When should I start feeding
hummingbirds?
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.
Month to start feeding hummingbirds
Here are some general guide lines on the hummingbird migration to answer the
question of when should I start feeding hummingbirds and the
month to start feeding hummingbirds, according to where you live.
If you live in the southern parts of the country mid march is a
good to start feeding hummingbirds if you want to attract some of the early
migrating birds.
Along the Gulf coast a few hummingbirds start showing up in late
February, but there are not many sightings until the first part of March.
About the first part of April the hummingbird migration starts
to reach into Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri.
By the middle of April the hummingbird migration is into Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois and by the end of April hummingbirds can be found as far
north as the great lakes and in the New England states. Click the link
Ohio Hummingbird pictures to see pictures of
the hummingbirds that visit Ohio.
By the first part of May the hummingbird migration is into
northern Michigan and Canada.
click the link
When should I start
feeding hummingbirds
for more hummingbird feeding information.
When to take down
your Hummingbird feeder
When to stop feeding hummingbirds?
A good guideline of when to stop feeding
hummingbirds 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, this might be when to stop feeding hummingbirds 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.
Now you should have a good idea of when to take
down your hummingbird feeder and when to stop feeding hummingbirds.
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