Well, it finally happened...I had a hummer visit yesterday, the first all season! It was a female or juvenile male, feeding on my Robert Kemp cannas. I've been watching and waiting since April, and thought they would never show up. There are lots of plants blooming right now that they like, such as Rose of Sharon, Trumpet vine, Glossy abelia and Mimosa trees.

It was about this same time last summer when I first started seeing the hummingbirds, so I wonder if maybe this is their usual time to arrive in this area. I have friends in more rural areas who have had hummers for a couple of months.