Hummingbird Feeders

Well the hummers were late this year but I've got three. I kept wondering why the feeders were going down so fast with just three birds. So my wife came in the other day and said the sparrows were drinking out of the feeders. Of course I didn't believe it until today when I saw sparrows drinking out of the hummingbird feeders with others on the telephone line waiting for their turn. Have any of you ever seen that before? It's a first for me.

Nope never had sparrows drink from them. We have more this year than we have had since Hurricane Rita. We had so many we were filling up 3 feeders 4x day then.
We have more this year than we have had in the last 2 years. We have 3 feeders and there are at least 15 or more here this year. Filling up feeders 2x a day now. I love to watch them. They are some mean little creatures. Fight like cats and dogs.

We bought an Audobon Society bird ID book when we started seeing different birds in the yard. We had orchard Orioles feeding from the hummingbird feeder regularly.

I've got a birdbath in the yard and keep it fresh. I've had the feeders out for years andd never seen other birds fool with them. Maybe they just have a sweet tooth.

I am being invaded now. We have 4 feeders up now and I am filling them up 4x a day. They are swarming like bees. You can hear them before you open the door. I know each feeder has at least 10 to 15 birds at each one. I love to watch them, there are so many of them there are many, many fights.

No we have the usual red throat ones and the green ones and the gray ones. But we do have a couple that are so light gray they are almost white. I am guessing that they are in a feeding frenzy right now and will be leaving in a little while.

I've never had more than five birds at a time. I would love to have more. I like watching the Hummers, one of God's amazing creations.