Do they hang around in larger cities down there?

It seems up here you rarely see them in the cities on the flatland but just 10 miles away in the foothills theyre all over the place.

Still getting the same 3-5 at our feeders. And one mean little chit that runs them all off! Wife won�t let me shoot him with the 12 gauge!

The migration is full on at my place. I now estimate that I have at least 80 birds all trying to hit my 8 feeders. The feeders have a combined 48 feeding stations and during the morning and evening feeding rush all are being used with dozens of others hovering around waiting their turn. This is a record year for me. The pics are not that great due to limited light, but you get the idea.

Caught this guy 10 days ago about to get into the juice.

You could have well over 160 (if you are along the coast) birds coming into your feeders.

The first time we banded hummers at the house in Corpus Christi, I figure we had 20 birds coming to the feeders. 120 birds were banded in about 3 hours. Only stopped because we ran out of bands.

One time I colored marked 60+ birds and that evening only two or three colored marked birds were seen at the feeders.

At the hawk watch at a park about half a mile up the river from the house, birders would always come up saying they had just seen a hummingbird that they couldn't find in the bird book. Half the people that I told about my banding and marking the birds, gave me a look that I had fell off my rocker and had a few screws loose.

Every year during the peak, we would use one and a half gallons of sugar water a day.

Are you a licensed/ certified bander? Aren�t there only 100 in the United stares? And 3 or 4 in Texas?

Swarming at my house too.

About half of mine have left. I still have about 40 or more birds working my feeders. I expect them to be mostly gone within a couple of weeks.

Has everyone else seen less activity?
I was having up to 15 birds at a time for several days and then in about two days I'm down to just maybe 3 or 4 different birds-
Not sure if I have upset them somehow or are they just migrating?
I've never had that many at once so I'm not sure how long they stay in my area.

I've got my decoys out...so it should be soon.

I've got my decoys out...so it should be soon.

What load do you like for them? BB?

Bug a salt works great.

What ingredients do you use if you make your own food/drink?

1 cup of plain sugar to 4 cups of water. Mix well. No need to heat it up. A 1 to 4 ratio works well and will reduce the number of bees/wasps. Chill the left over fluid.

First one showed up about an hour ago.

Nothing here yet

First one showed up about an hour ago.

I use the exact recipe except I heat the water to a boil. It helps the sugar dissolve, refrigerate, then fill my feeders.

How does the red food coloring affect the birds ? Have used it for quite a while both here and in Arizona and not aware of this.

Ok they are in the area--
I haven't seen one yet--

Mine hasn't come back. I think it might have gotten hit by a car.