Bird Watching: 2014 Ruby-Throat Hummingbird Migration, 1 by scarletbean

scarletbean wrote:
Hooray for you both on the hums, grosbeaks and orioles! I wish we had baltimore orioles here. If they do come, I have never seen one. I saw my first cedar waxwing here a couple months ago, and I didnt think they were in my area. Anyhoo, I saw a hummingbird this morning! She was at the feeder in my butterfly/hummingbird garden. I just changed nectar last night, so she got the first sip. This feeder is on a tall shepherds hook, and I have planted some cardinal climbers at its base. I hope it will climb the pole and get lots of flowers. I had the cardinal climber on my front porch trellis 2 summers ago. It was a nice sight in the mornings to see the hummers darting about while I had coffee. This year I have flying saucer morning glories and hyacinth bean on the trellis. I saw the flying saucers on a fence last year while I was running errands. The blooms were so big and profuse I stopped the car and pulled into the driveway to knock on the door of a perfect stranger's house just to gush over their flowers. The lady was delighted and offered me seeds if I would stop back that fall. So, I got the seeds and hope that mine will be as lush as hers. She said she had hummingbirds on them all summer. The hyacinth bean is a good climber, and it's leaves are dark with deep red veins and the purple flowers draw hummers. Later they will become bright purple clusters of flat wide bean pods. very pretty.

pics: 1 & 3 are the front porch trellis and 2 is the major wheeler honeysuckle.
all are from last year.