Cheryl, this is a tricky one…. maybe another bird will come along and show them that your feeder is a actually food source?
our Anna’s this year was the opposite, didn’t go to any of our blooming salvias (four kinds), penstemons, stache, Zauchneria, fireweed, etc, went only to one of our three feeders, which we thought was weird……
I think out of desperation I’d put a “model hummingbird” at your feeder, like with it’s bill stuck in one of the ports…??? I’ve got several realistic looking fake hums that I’d try here in our yard…. do you have any?
Or maybe park your feeder right next to your busiest plants with a little sign “open for business, damn it !!” 😉
In Caldwell we still have 2 Anna’s coming to the blooming Pineapple Sage plants and other salvia. They don’t come to the feeder at all. I know the freezing temps will wipe out the flowers. Got to figure out how to get them interested in the feeder. If they do then have to get to heater on the feeder. Oh such fun to have Anna’s hummingbirds! Really!
Wonderful. Just had another visit of an Anna’s at our house in the Highlands this evening. Got some photos this time. Feeding on the Red Salvias And then checking out the feeders.
Great pics! It must be Coopers hawk day because I just had one criss-cross in front of me along my walk. He had immature fine streaks but altogether handsome as always.
We have one picking off the backyard quail every other evening or so – almost like clockwork, just before dusk, or “zero dark birdy,” as we call it.
L.L. lower dam. Circa 5:p.m. geese galore 5 species. Near boat ramp snows 100s and along dam with cans .Ross white front &cackling lots of horned grebe w.grebe & one below? Gull looks to be western juvenile? & one comm.loon
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