Mine love firespike so I have it everywhere. They also enjoy flamevine,honeysuckle,justicas and cherokee bean.
I agree they take your breath away!

I know that females are very territorial, so I wonder if that is why I always have just the one female. It would be interesting if it was the same one...and not just a different female.

I planted flamevine last year specifically to attracts hummers. Oddly, as invasive as everyone says it is, it hasn't grown more than a foot in a year. It's probably in too much shade.

I'm not having much luck with my native trumpet honeysuckle either. It's not exactly what I'd call 'thriving'.

yesssss, they are ba-ack! :-)
Just saw 4 of them zooming around in my back yard.

Evelyn

Yippeee! I haven't seen any so far in St. Pete. Glad to know they are arriving!

Where are you in zone 9? Were the ones that you saw onlyn males or females or mixed?

Time to buy some firespike and blue salvia! :)

There was for sure one male and two females, I am not sure about the fourth one. I am Southeast Orlando area :-)

Evelyn

I saw one today...coral honeysuckle...beautiful tiny green thing..... sure hope it comes back!!! I've never, ever had any luck with feeders, but have seen them on the coral honeysuckle, firespike and penta...wish there were LOTS, but am happy to have seen just this first one! :)

forgot to mention the others: doves, mockingbirds, grackles-common and boat-tailed, sparrows, painted buntings, blue jays, woodpeckers, yellow throated warbler, phoebe or flycatcher - not sure. yellow rumped warbler, turkey buzzards, crows. ducks flying over - don't know what brand. white ibis, lord and lady cardinal. cormorant flying over..woodstork. Think that's it for today. I love this time of year, too...especially for the birds. Have not seen the robins in a few days now, and the goldfinches flitted on through...only stopped for a very, very short time this year..yesterday I saw two..today nothing. No orioles yet, either, nor cedar waxwings...hoping maybe for this week, tho....it was the first week of March last year.

Well the robins must have come back south to our house Beth.
There had to be over 100 in my yard this afternoon between 3:30 and 5:00. They swarmed our overgrown ficus and live oak. They let me know the birdbath was empty too. I went our and filled it up and spent the next half hour watching them take turns bathing and drinking. I was on the phone telling Butterflygardener that I need an air trffic controller! when another 30 flew in.
There were blue jays and cardinals a woodpecker all hanging out! It was very exciting. The robins all flew off toghether in just an instant and all was quiet.

Ihave to agree with you all, this too is my favorite bird time of the year. Friday we had a flock of little green parrots land in the tree in the yard, my cardinal pair is back with last years babies, and last Sunday I saw my first pair of newly hatched Sandhill Crane babies. My binoculars stay in my kitchen window this time of year so I can be ready for feathered sightings.

oh NEAT! I've never seen green parrots in the wild.....must be SOOO great! Where are you located, BunnyHouse? Ahh...Marion...maybe I'll get to see the robins again, then, before they head north!