At twilight time tonight I saw a squadron of Hummers filling my sky. I think they made it a "No Fly Zone" for all other birds. there must have been at least 20. My yard has no big trees but the neighbors do and that leaves a lot of wide open space for them. It was interesting to watch them dive bomb the larger birds.

that is so thrilling, pam! let it not be said that there are no hummers on long island or that one cannot attract them to one's yard there.

and minnie, it sounds like you have a hummerport there. we'd all love to sit and watch them with you.

I saw 4 hummers simultaneously 3 different times on 3 sides of the house today. that's a lot for me here. there is one little juvie or female that sits on the wire, unbelievably undisturbed or challenged, right between the 2 most guarded feeders. there are divebombs and fights erupting all around her and no one bothers her if she perches there. she goes back and forth, back and forth from the wire to the garden. haven't seen an adult male in the garden yet, but this one is in and out of there all day, for minutes at a time. now that the beebalm is mostly done, apricot sprite agastache is the very favorite, with black and blue and cherry chief (greggi) next.
we'll have us a high time in august!

Great news Pam Jean! Activity is really picking up all over. Ruth