Our hummingbirds are about finished for the year. We are down to just one last feeder. We

[Atticus]

were a couple weeks "late" supplying sugar water for them last spring due to sugar being available in limited quantities. We have used "only" 120 # of sugar this year. The last feeder will join the others in the basement in a week or so. If I am still here (alive and not in custody), we'll start feeding again next April.

"There is a season,turn, turn, turn---"

[Mme. Defarge]

1. We have hummingbirds all year round.

They make me happy.

[hlthe2b]

2. How many feeders did you have to go through 120 pounds of sugar?

Wow. That must surely be a lot of hummingbirds?

[Atticus]

3. Eight this year. In past years we've had as many as eleven, but the number of hummers

seems to have decreased. We have as many as 70 to 80 at once---they're kinda hard to count accurately.

[hlthe2b]

5. Amazing... I can't even imagine buying that much sugar. It has been years since i've even gone

through a tiny bag.

Lucky hummers.

[7wo7rees]

4. Wait, what?! 120#'s of sugar!! Wow!!

That's impressive.
They are beautiful and fun little creatures.

[alittlelark]

6. Ours are slowing down - went thru 4 #25 Costco

bags this year thus far with 9 feeders.

[Atticus]

7. We mix ours 4 parts water to one part sugar and make it a gallon at a time. At the peak

of the season, we feed 2+ gallon s per day. When we used 11 feeders several years ago, we used about 160 # for the yearr.

[femmocrat]

8. I haven't seen any for several weeks.

They haven’t touched the last solution I put out. Same with the goldfinches. I see them flitting about, but the feeders are untouched.
Goldfinch could be eating wild seeds though as there are still thistle going to seed.

[Atticus]

9. In southern Illinois, their is an abundance of wild seeds available now. Our goldfinches

will soon replace their bright yellow feathers with the drab olive-grey they don for winter.

[Throckmorton]

10. Took ours down Yesterday.

Not a hummer in sight for almost two weeks. We were buried in the in late August.