We certainly have more hummers this year than the last 2 years. They are sucking that syrup right up! Some are getting much more friendly too. I'm guessing they are the ones who have been here for the previous 2 years or maybe babies hatched here & now all grown up. We have at least 2 mature males b/c we have seen them fighting. In fact today we were sitting on the back porch watching them fight when one got knocked or fell right down into the rain gauge. I ran out there to release it right away. Oh sure, I could have had the hubs get the camera & take pictures but I didn't want the poor little thing to have to suffer with panic a moment longer than necessary. I tipped the gauge up & slid him into my palm where I felt his soft feathers & the buzzing of his wings for only a breath of time before he was humming away from me.
You can see the proximity of the feeder & the rain gauge -- but what are the odds??????
