Do you get hummers in the winter? MIne have all left, and won't be back until April.$60+ later, one (!) of my hummingbird feeders is ready for winter freezes and snow.
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Anna's hummingbirds are year round on the pacific coast and are occasionally even seen in winter in Utah. Someone just a few miles from my house here had one last Decenber through late February. I have a feeder up just in case and am thinking I'll buy a heated feeder if I see one around or see reports of it in the area this year.Do you get hummers in the winter? MIne have all left, and won't be back until April.
Wow -- you guys are so lucky! I miss my hummers terribly in the winter, and am so excited to see the first ones return in the Spring!Anna's hummingbirds are year round on the pacific coast and are occasionally even seen in winter in Utah. Someone just a few miles from my house here had one last Decenber through late February. I have a feeder up just in case and am thinking I'll buy a heated feeder if I see one around or see reports of it in the area this year.
Interestingly, reports of Anna's Hummingbirds in the Salt Lake Valley are almost exclusively in winter.
It's still quite rare in northern Utah, but it does happen. All the hummingbird species that we have in summer do migrate south. It's just that for some odd reason the Anna's are extra cold tolerant and winter in the snow. Which is why the heated feeders are a thing.Wow -- you guys are so lucky! I miss my hummers terribly in the winter, and am so excited to see the first ones return in the Spring!
I agree with this sentiment, miss mine so much as well! In MA they don't start to come back until around the first week of May and then they usually leave in September.Wow -- you guys are so lucky! I miss my hummers terribly in the winter, and am so excited to see the first ones return in the Spring!