Congratulations! You little hummer may have seen something red inside your house that caught its attention.

There are many plants that you can try including salvias, bee balm, trumpet vine, shrimp plant, cardinal flower, & coral honeysuckle.

Thank you! She came back this morning. I don't know much about hummingbirds, so is she alone or how would I know if she has a mate? She did the same thing this morning - stalled in front of the window again. I looked, but didn't see anything red around. I wonder if it's the relection of the feeder on the window.

I've seen the trumpet vine (pretty)growing wild in my area and would love to plant some. Have you ever tried to root it?

I saw my first hummer day before yesterday, feeding on my red beebalm! I was standing about 5 feet away, and happened to be looking. Amazing!

Do they like all varieties of beebalm? or just the red?

butterfly - Hummingbirds don't traditionally have a fixed mate. The female becomes ready to mate and allows a male to impregnate her and that's that for his role! LOL She raises her babies alone.

They are often very curious or nosey and I have found them peeping in my windows all the time - especially after I've been outside bothering them trying to take their pictures and then suddenly I'm not there. When they come back and I'm no longer outside, they'll fly over to look inside my windows to see if the blob with the camera is safely inside so they can drink and eat in peace! LOL I have even been seated behind my computer screen and they'll hover up higher at the window so they can see where I am on the other side of the computer screen. :-p

I've never tried rooting a trumpet vine but I have heard from others who have. I expect if you get a section at least 6" long with a couple nodes, you could gently scrape the bottom, dip in some rooting hormone (like Rootone, etc), then stick into some soil, cover with a plastic jug or bag, and water. You might want to try a bunch to help your chances of at least 1 taking. You could also try water-rooting and then later planting in a pot.

kim - some people have reported hummers on their differently-colored bee balm but apparently the red seems to be the favorite - particularly the 'Jacob Cline' variety.

Thanks Jenny! We saw him?her? again this evening, darting and dashing around, and completely ignoring the purple beebalm.

I have no idea if the beebalm I have is 'Jacob Cline' - last year,it was 50 cents on a roadside stand, this year, it's 4 feet tall and covered in blooms. The stems have to be half an inch thick, and it smells heavenly.