Pat it doesn't to have slowed them down around my house. I do agree with you that the heat is terrible. I can't stay outside for long to do anything. I come back in wringing wet.

It hasn't effected activity around my home. If you're growing flowers for the birds, it might be a good idea to keep them well watered. If the plants become stressed they could turn off nector production. As Mimi says the biggest problem is for the gardener. There's always hours of work to do, especially weeding. It's easy to put it off day after day, and no matter what the weather, those weeds keep growing. How folks like Mimi handle it down south is beyond me. Up here we get mostly short periods brain frying heat and humidity, but down there... Lucky for me, I'm an early riser, which means working on the weekends from dawn until the pan starts smoking.

It's been pretty hot and humid even at 5:30 am up here. but the hummers are up at the crack of dawn. I water in the morning. But the beetles seem to be doing more damage to my flowers than the heat. The more I pick off my plants mostly cardinal flower the more I get. The hummers are very active here all day even in the heat chasing each other going to the feeders and flowers . I have two window feeders and another feeder in front of kitchen window so I can see the action even before I go out. Sarah

Ah...the temperatures down here are hot and hotter...much too humid as well.

I think it has affected the hummie population - I haven't seen as many as I did last year. Maybe they prefer to stay in the woods instead of venturing into the hot city?

The few regulars I do have are quite active and frequent the feeders and flowers from sun up to sun down but they seem to be the most active early in the mornings. They also prefer to stay by the feeders that are on the shaded part of my yard.

Am hoping the hummie population will pick up as the summer heat passes.

How I wish the heat and humidity would diminish the mosquito population!!!

~ Cat

Thanks everyone.

Yes they are still around. I guess I've been too busy and we have no windows to sit by and watch.

One pleasant surprise....My 80 year old mother in-law who lives in Long Island said she saw a hummer one time last year and this year due to her favorite orange impatiens we bring her on mothers day so.....I figured "they remember" and got her a hummingbird feeder and hung it from the edge of her canopy on her deck. Well it took 2 weeks at least before my birds responded but the very next day while we were all sitting on the deck at her home They just KEPT COMING TO FEED!!! She is so delighted.
Oh those little things in life.:)

Shame her daugter who got me started last year thinking about starting a hummingbird garden and has been so much help with garden plans has been trying for 2 years now with plants and feeders and has NO hummers...maybe it's the 2 LARGE DOGS in the back yard thats the problem. Maybe I should suggest to her to start a new garden on the side or in front of the house.

Thanks again,
Pat