3 Essentials for Attracting and Keeping Hummingbirds in Your Yard
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Hummingbirds, like all birds have basic requirements that you should provide to attract and keep them happy in your yard.
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Mark McKellar is a wildlife biologist with over 35 years of bird study experience. He has a degree in Fish and Wildlife Sciences from North Carolina State University and has worked for the Department of the Army, the Wildlife Departments of North Carolina and Missouri. He ran nature centers for many years in Missouri and Pennsylvania before buying the Backyard Bird Center in the Northland area of Kansas City. Mark has led hundreds of bird hikes both locally and abroad. He has taught classes about birds and other wildlife to groups of all ages and brings that knowledge to the customers of his retail business every day. More information about Mark at backyardbirdcenter.com/about-...
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Cover photo by by Pat White
Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird on bluebells by Mary Nemecek
Golden Current by David Dods
Coral Honeysuckle by Mary Nemecek
Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Cardinal Flower by Kurt Hoeper
Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird at an Aspects saucer-type feeder by Bruce Weekes
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a Four Fountain feeder by Fiske Miles
Leaf Mister by BirdsChoice
McKellar fountain by Morgan McKellar
Solar fountain by Jeanne Pyland
Hummingbird at fountain video by Mary Nemecek - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
No sightings for me yet in Fayetteville, AR 🤞
Still early for my little friends to show up here,don’t really expect to see them until my birthday in the first couple of weeks of May.
It is amazing how close they are each year.
Thank you, Mark.
You are most welcome!
I'd be interested in chatting with you about my California hummingbird encounters we have like 400 birds 😅
That is an amazing number. Wow!
Tons of Rufus, Anna's, and Allens.
@@DaREALJonN Jealous for sure
I just had two at one time in two separate feeders. I love them.
Mark, I saw my first hummingbird at one of my feeders this morning - April 8th! Saw it several times during the day and again in the evening. North/Middle Tennessee near Westmoreland. This is the earliest I've seen them here. So glad I already had a couple of my feeders out. Hopefully my flowers will be blooming soon. My last frost date is later on. Still having nights in the high 30s.
Thanks for the update.
I'm in East TN. It's April 27 and I still haven't seen my Hummers !!
There are still many more birds on the way. Keep the faith!
Thank you for sharing your time and helpful hints. Hope you and your family are doing well. God bless
Thank you! You too!
What is the tongue reach of the smaller hummingbirds? I am in Northern Utah. I worry that if I don't put enough in my top (flat) feeders they won't be able to reach it. so how far down can they reach. One inch?
At least the same length as bill. They can place the tip of the bill in the feeder so the reach would be that length again. Calliope’s are the smallest and have a relatively short bill so not much more than an inch or two.
Thanks, Mark! Support everything you recommended 11:49 . I have made mistakes
In the past I keep learning every year what not to do! I have learned that leaving old banana peels out on the mulch in the flower beds attracts Nats and makes a nice feeding for the hummers. I'm ready for them this year to show about April 15th. I have several feeders and clean 1/2 of them every two days in the summer. Also learned that 1/2 cup per feeder is plenty.
Excellent
Solid detailed advice as always Mark! 👍 Here in central AZ we get hummingbirds all year, but the activity and variety of them REALLY cranks up around mid-April. Love this time of the year when everything comes alive!
So jealous of your hummers. Love birding there.
Well I’ve learned something new today. I’ll be modifying a couple of fountains
I'll be getting close to humming birds.
I'm so excited because today I saw my first Nuthatch! The sparrows are thinning out. Finally!!
They will be before you know it.
I shared with two friends
Thank you!
7:00 that is the WORST hummingbird feeder. I offered to watch out for my friends hummingbird feeder when he went on vacation & this was the one he had; it was disgustingly dirty. [I did pull the entire thing apart & cleaned it.] He wondered why no hummingbirds had been visiting but came after he returned. I will be sharing this video with him. Thank you for saying all of this!!
I agree. The problem is it is cheap and sold everywhere. Education is key, thanks for sharing the video.
Besides hummingbirds, I have Carolina wrens nesting but my mom keeps gardening non stop evening time Becuase it’s too hot for her during the morning and day . Even I do love to garden my mom will garden non stop till night . Anyway In the evening time the female came out of nest Becuase we were gardening and when it was night time the male started tweeting Becuase it was getting night time but we were still gardening, I was ready to go inside but my mom still garden till it got all the way till dark. So the female wren never made it back to its nest. Will they come back in the morning?
I would think so. They can be very sneaky
Guess I better think about them. Buzzards, Tree swallows and Flickers showed up today on the north shore of the UP.
Still haven’t seen one here in KC. Any day now.
My hummers follow the sapsuckers up. Been in Georgia for almost 3 weeks
They will lick the sap from their holes
Hummers don’t like hooch?
Definitely not
Now is there people who only want humming bird feeders and nothing else?
There are those folks who only feed hummingbirds.
I only want humming birds and finch. But get others more than finch
It is very hard to do something to discourage other birds from humming bird feeders that will not discourage the hummingbirds.
@@MarksBackyardBirds yes and I've learned to love them all love your videos (new to your channel )
Thank you! Glad you like the channel.