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Sudden influx of hummingbirds

4 years ago

I have a sudden influx of hummingbirds in western Louisiana in July. 4 feeders and had 3-4 hummingbirds that stayed beyond migration. 2 days a ago, an additional 5-7 showed up and now there are at least 8-10 chasing each other all over the yard IN JULY! Standard size feeders (3 total) are going empty in 2 days. Any ideas? Babies flying now? Would parents agress against their young? Relocation from tropical storm Barry?

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wamccorm777
4 years ago
You may have received hummers that were going to someone else's feeder. The other feeder(s) may have been left untended or stale. I have been in East Texas for almost 40 years, and I have never seen much evidence of migration in July, so it is probably locals.

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