About the weather for humming birds
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Our weather turned very hot and we arn't seeing as many hummingbirds. Can it get to hot for humingbirds?? We never seem to have more than three birds all year.
12 answers
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I think you may be right.I have a beautiful mandevilla plant on my front porch.I saw the hummingbirds come around a little more than a week ago,I got excited and put out my feeders,2-3 days ago.They say you should changes the sugar water every day when it gets really hot.Have not seen any hummingbirds the last 3 days.Has been very hot last few days in my next of the woods.Will change my water tomorrow.Good luck!!!
Funnygirl
on Jul 03, 2015
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We have a mama sitting on 2 hot babies right now, and it's been over 100 all week!
Debra Ekdahl
on Jul 04, 2015
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I think they adapt. It gets very hot here but we still have our families of hummingbirds. When it gets especially warm, they seek the shelter of trees, letting the leaves keep them from getting too hot. For some reason they seem to prefer coolish, rainy days. We've had lower than normal temperatures the last several days and lots of rain. Our little critters are zipping and zooming and having a blast. When it warms up, they'll be more scarce. We have 6 feeders placed randomly in the front and back yards and all of them are busy most of the time. Now that the hanging baskets (there are 15 of them) are in full bloom, the hummingbirds have plenty to keep them busy.
Swan Road Designs
on Jul 04, 2015
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I am not sure for you, but I am on the east coast also and I seem to see them usually in the morning or early evening and then until dark. I was also seeing them ( several ). They have seemed to have reduced and slowed down.
Bill
on Jul 04, 2015
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Just for the heck of it I decided to count our little flying friends today and, so far, have approximately 6 to 8 "regulars" at the front feeders and about a dozen in the back. Ours are active all day long and have seemed to be happy with the less stifling weather we've been experiencing lately.
Swan Road Designs
on Jul 04, 2015
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I put a mister in a shady spot of my garden to attract the humming birds, they just love it and come as soon as the hear the spraying.
Eugenia Noriega
on Jul 05, 2015
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Hummingbirds raise a family in one place, then move further north as it gets hotter for their next family. They will travel back through later in the summer.
Alisa
on Jul 07, 2015
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Be sure to have your feeders in the shade to keep the liquid cooler. No one likes hot "soup" on a hot day. The mister is a great idea too, if you could run it for them periodically.
Joan
on Jul 09, 2015
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You need to change your sugar water much more often, it goes bad in a lot of hot weather.
Lisa
on Aug 11, 2015
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Have you planted flowers that attract hummingbirds?
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 12, 2015
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You need to soak your feeder in bleach water. Just a little, and then rinse thoroughly.
Lisa
on Aug 15, 2016
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Hummingbirds are "flexible" and will stay in trees when the weather gets quite hot. We live in a region where triple digits are not unusual and during the periods when it's that oven-like they almost disappear. As soon as the temperature moderates, they're back. They seem to relish in the rain, especially when the temps are down a bit. I don't think the liquid or the condition of the feeders has anything to do with their frequency. We have 4 large feeders that must be refilled about every other day, sometimes daily. We also have about 15 hanging baskets of voluminous flowers, along with assorted overflowing window boxes and pots of flowers, so they have quite a buffet from which to choose.
Swan Road Designs
on Aug 17, 2016
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