Hummingbirds

My brother-in-law posted a fascinating video of hummingbirds on my Facebook page. He knows how much I love hummingbirds. We have 2 feeders that I can see at the front of our house. Unfortunately last year we didn’t see as many hummingbirds. There were 2 things that may have contributed.

We have 2 large locust trees in the front yard. We would often see the hummingbirds flit from these trees to the bushes below our window and to hummingbird feeders. Last year we had these locust trees trimmed. There were a few larger branches we had taken off because I was afraid one might fall on the neighbors house. They really cut out a lot of the foliage on the lower part of these trees. This may have contributed. Without this cover the hummingbirds were probably avoiding these trees.

We also added a finch feeder. Perhaps the activity at this feeder The hummingbirds away. The finch feeder was fantastic though. Is made so that the sparrows cannot feed off of it. The finches must hang upside down to get the food. They are able but the sparrows are not. As entertaining as the finches were it was his entertaining seeing the sparrows get frustrated trying to hang upside down. They would fall off the feeder.

I’m hoping the locust trees fill out a little more this year and we get the hummingbirds back.