Desmo808
I wonder if Alfred Hitchcock's movie would have had the same impact if he had used those lil' buggers.
 
Or better yet. Hummingbirdnado.

A movie with a mutant cross between hummingbirds and large wasps would give me nightmares!

You guys are lucky. My wife puts out the feeders every year. We must be in the middle of their migration path because we only get a chance at them it seems for very short periods (like maybe for a day or two). Real excitement though when one does come around. Hummingbirds are quite cool.

Last night after dark I filled all three feeders (two 16 oz. and one 32 oz.).  Tonight I'm refilling all three feeders...  I'm going to be conservative and guess that maybe four ounces was left in two of them (probably less actually), but that means those little hummers went through at least 56 ounces of nectar today!
 
Using the 1,000 birds = 1 gallon counting method, that means there's about 437 of those little guys (and gals) zooming around here.  Even using the more conservative estimate of "most birds you've seen on the feeders" multiplied by six, I still have almost 100 ((7+7+2) * 6 = 96)...
 
*Sheesh!*  And here I was only hoping for a couple of regular visitors!

Hmmm! What's reelly in that nectar? (remember Latka's cookies?)

soens
Hmmm! What's reelly in that nectar? (remember Latka's cookies?)

It's all go juice.  One part sugar to four parts water.  One interesting benefit to feeding this type of bird is that they don't leave a mess (heck, most of what they consume gets converted straight to rocket fuel anyway - lol).

 
Click here for Hummingbird Madness!
 
Note that this was taken around 6pm when "Happy Hour" (where about twice as many show up) would be around 8:30pm. 
 
 
[Edit - Due to some unknown internet gayness, you apparently are not allowed to download an .mp4 file from one of my websites so I put it into a .zip file - Right-Click and Save-As!]

 Ive seen a few around here in the North East but they are few and far between. I might get one or two good sightings in a season. They might be working the early morning shift though.
 
 We put out a feeder and mostly the ants crawl up the hanger and slowly drink the nectar away. The ants here are wicked. They managed to almost totally eat two large sunflower plants leaves and all. You could watch them go up to the leaves, use their mandibles to cut a piece of leaf and go back to the nest.
 
 Craig, maybe there aren't many good flowers out your way and they know you have the goods. You wouldn't by any chance be spiking the nectar?

Starise
Craig, maybe there aren't many good flowers out your way and they know you have the goods. You wouldn't by any chance be spiking the nectar?

My Walnut Creek dulcimer has hummingbird sound holes.

One of the great songs by these two...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0YCRZpWLMc