Ruby Throated stragglers

[Howieh]

All of my regular young hummers departed last week (same time as last year) but I still get the odd straggler, usually around mid morning, and so far they've all been fat mature females. I know there are lots of hummers near the lakeshore  but does anyone else away from the lake still have hummers hanging around most of the time?

[Axeman]

I was still seeing them last week....

[Howieh]

A lone female(?) arrived three days ago and has been around ever since. At 9:30am this morning it was 10C and breezy and she was being chased all over the yard by a bunch of wasps! It's almost time to refill the feeder, probably for the last time, but who knows...last year they were still passing through during the first week of October.

[Axeman]

Wasps ? Wow...I have to say...I have seen few wasps...no yellow jackets...green jackets...or any of the solitary wasps...

[JW Mills]

Our regulars left about two weeks ago. We hadn't seen anything since until this afternoon when one female visited the feeder a couple of times.

[Howieh]

The little fuzzball left a couple of days ago and things are once again quiet but I still expect some hummer action before the 'season' officially ends, probably by mid October. In the meantime I am being thoroughly entertained by the chickadorks and the cheekmonks, who don't seem to mind sharing the regular feeder.