Hummer feeder up, the watch is on!
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Hummer feeder up, the watch is on!

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Howieh

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I put the new feeder up about two weeks ago and I now have two regulars visiting from dawn til dusk. The chickadees have lost interest but I had a female Baltimore Oriole visiting the hummer feeder for about a week. I haven't seen a mature male for at least a month but they start heading south in July and I always see them from mid July into August, so, hopefully this year will be no different. Incidentally, if you watch them long enough you will eventually see something new - today a bumblebee(!) actually chased a hummer off the feeder into the shrubs at the back of the yard. Maybe I never noticed but it's the first time I've ever seen a bumblebee even close to the feeder!
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A male came to the feeder late this afternoon and a few minutes ago he chased another bird off the feeder did a courtship dance! It's getting dark outside but the three hummingbirds are still pretty active - time to clean up the perches and take some flash pictures!
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Don't forget to put out your halved oranges the first week of May too for the orioles and catbirds.

From what I've read online - you may also attract Mockingbirds, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Tanagers, Brown Thrashers, or even Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, if you're lucky.

Good birding,
Walter :)

Apparently House Finches don't mind a little nibble now and then as well.  Saw both the male and female eating the oranges twice last week.
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