Bird Sounds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Mine are up year round but I live in Southern CA. My girlfriend in NC has them out May 1st. All depends where you live. Here are a few links to help you out! Enjoy!

birdzfly.com

I look forward to the arrival of our Ruby Throated hummers every year here in the Mohawk Valley of Upstate NY (40 miles from Albany). I have feeders everywhere and this year I planted Hummingbird bushes and Butterfly Bushes, which the hummer love. Our July heat is tough although our Winters are cold and snowy. I make sure to change their feeders frequently. We enjoy about 15-17 different birds daily and we love the sounds of our hummingbirds. Let’s take care of our birds and bees!

I've been feeding Ruby Throated Hummingbirds for years and always look forward to their visits ... usually 2-3 birds each year. Last year a strange colored Hummingbird appeared (black with a white or yellow band around its neck). Then this year I had what I thought was a Ruby Throated Hummingbird, but now I am not sure. Its' body was green, white just around its' face, and a brilliantly colored red cap at the very top of its' head. I tried to find out what they were, but was unsuccessful. BTW ... I live in NJ.

I have six of them that have been hanging around my two feeders. They are very quick to let me know when they are out of food. I’m filling my feeders every other day!

I live in middle Georgia. The year of Hurricane Irma, after she passed through, I stood on the front porch during an irruption of hummers. Wow, it was breathtaking! There were hundreds, if not thousands. They were buzzing me so close I could feel the breeze from their wings, and feel the lift of my hair as they flew close. It was one of the most amazing events I have ever witnessed and will never forget it.

A hummer was trapped in my garage frantically trying to get out through the closed windows. when he tired I gently picked him up and held him in my hand until he rested a bit. All the while he just stared at me. When I safely got him outside, I opened my hands. He then perched on my finger for a few seconds, gave me one last look and flew off. It was a wonderful moment.

If you want a great app for recording and identifying bird calls and songs, download "Merlin". It's free from Cornell University.

Here in New Hampshire I have more than one hummer regularly visiting my feeder. It is so fun to see them doing their swooping back and forth, up and down, after one another. I have a special "bee proof" feeder since learning they could sting the hummingbirds. Not on my watch!