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Our first and final hummingbird sightings of 2021 and new hummingbird photos

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Purplebear

Our first hummingbird sighting of 2021 was in the third week of April. That’s within a week of when our first sighting usually is. The first hummingbird we saw was a male ruby-throat and about a week and a half … Continue reading →

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First Hummingbird Sighting and First Hummingbird Pictures for 2018

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Purplebear

We had our first hummingbird sighting on Saturday, April 28th after having put the feeder up the previous Sunday, the 22nd. The first little visitor was a female and a few days later came the first male. Below are the … Continue reading →

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Final hummingbird sighting for 2016

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Purplebear

Our final hummingbird sighting for 2016 was September 20th, which is about a week later than usual for us. This year they arrived about a week earlier than usual and left a week later than usual. That was nice because … Continue reading →

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First hummingbird feeder up and first hummingbird sighting for 2016

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Purplebear

We put our first hummingbird feeder up on Wednesday afternoon, April 20th and had our first hummingbird sighting for 2016 a week later on the 27th at about 6:30 that evening. It was a male ruby throated hummingbird. April 27th … Continue reading →

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First hummingbird sighting and pictures of 2015

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Purplebear

Our first hummingbird sighting for 2015 was Friday, May 1st almost a week earlier than last year. As in past years we saw them for about a week or two and then they started nesting. After then we would only … Continue reading →

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First feeder up for our 2014 hummingbird season

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Purplebear

Saturday afternoon we put up our first hummingbird feeder of the 2014 season. We usually put the feeder up around the 15th of April so this year we’re a couple of days early. It usually takes a few weeks for us … Continue reading →

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Hummingbird photos from one of our valued blog visitors

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Purplebear

Here are some hummingbird photos sent to us from one of our valued blog visitors, Nicole Green in Slocomb, Alabama. Even though these pictures are all Rubythroats, Nicole told us she had a Rufous hummingbird at her feeder about a week ago also. … Continue reading →

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First hummingbird sighting of the year

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Purplebear

They’re here. So, it’s been almost a month since we put out our first hummingbird feeder but now they’re here. My husband has seen one every day this week so far except today, but it’s still early in the day. … Continue reading →

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