It's very exciting to see these little marvels of nature, this is the first time I've seen one in this area, TN/KY, I used to see them in Texas but never here. I hope next summer I can put in better gardens to atract more hummers and butterfly. I only had time for a messy cottage garden this year, that hummer must have been desperate to try my garden for food.... I wonder if drought is affecting thier food supply.
I saw my first hummingbird!
Which flower was s/he at?
Sadly it was eyeing a common Zinnia, that's why I said it must be desperate.
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Lol. Maybe it was a butterfly! ;-)
(Grin) No, not a butterfly. I was sitting near the flower... maybe it was attracted by my sweet disposition! If my DH read that he'd choke, he'd classify my disposition as "spicy" (like a pepper) never know what your going to get when you test it.
All I have in that garden is zinnia, 4 o'clock, cosmos, bachelor button and a few other "toss and go" types of flowers..... perhaps he was hoping the wild Datura or MG along the fence would be open late.
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MY HBs LOVED my '4 o'clocks' last year. This year I didn't plant them, and my HB visitors are way down...
I wonder if a HB has ever tried to get nectar from a person's nose. Might experiment by painting someone elses' nose red and see what happens! Lol.
Crimson I planted zennias for the first time this year and the hummers just love them. Also the butterflies. I will never be without them again. Good attractors and don't cost you an arm and a leg to plant.
I saw my first hummingbird in my garden this past week! And I saw it on another day following the first sighting.
It is probably a female (small, grey, without much irridescence) that is coming to sip from my Orange Morning Glory (Ipomoea coccinea) and Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamaclit). Both vines are on the same trellis in my backyard.
She doesn't seem to want to venture around to any of my other plants that might provide nectar. I was surprised to learn from the above info that zinnias would attract hummers, but I do have some zinnias along with other plants I put in the garden specifically to attract hummers.
I had given up on the sugar water feeder since it didn't look like I was ever going to get a hummer to visit. I've refilled it now and hung it near the vines to see if that will provide a regular source for food.
Hopefully, she will tell all her friends about the good eats at my place and bring them along for a meal!
Jeremy