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08-28-2006, 09:07 PM
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Anyone have hummingbirds around?
It's been dry around here since the flooding rains of June, but our bee balm and Red Salvia attract a lot of hummingbirds. Last week when I was watering the Salvia and Monarda with a rotary sprinkler a hummingbird came by an started drinking the water from the air. This is the little small sprinkler that throws water about 4 feet from the head of the nozzle, and maybe 4 or 4 feet in the air.
I thought that was so cool. On Saturday, I watered some other bee balm I have, and when I went to move the sprinkler I saw the hummingbirds at the sprinkler, and again the next morning. I'm thinking they live near and hear the sprinkler so come almost as soon as I turn the water on. Anyone have a similar experience? I've been wanting to get a picture of the hummingbirds, and think the sprinkler is the trick to get them to come by.     
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08-29-2006, 06:21 AM
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oh, Deelip, we are swimming in hummingbirds---they love my cupheas-----cigar plants (can grow to be a large 6-8 ft. glossy green bush with red-orange small tubular flowers)---------anyone who lives in the south (zone 9 or above) and want an easy to grow, drought resistant. pest resistant, disease resistant plant that hummingbirds love-----this is one to plant----mine are nearly 6 ft tall------only disadvantage is that they do die back in the winter---sorry about that--but they are fast growing and need no care-no kidding----at least mine haven't gotten any and the hummingbirds love sipping from the blossoms.
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08-29-2006, 06:25 AM
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Maybe I should have added that although they do die back in the winter they come back from the roots---it's not like you have to plant new plants and they are bigger than the previous years and yes, you can divide the roots up and transplant them-but do it that in the fall.
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08-29-2006, 09:18 AM
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You are so fortunate to have delightful little hummers visit you. We haven't any but Blue Jays, a variety of Finches, Cardinals, and Woodpeckers all frequent our feeders. It will soon be time to place the suet out for them.
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08-29-2006, 10:55 AM
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Yes we got hummingbirds here I love to watch them. In Tennessee my mom has the hummingbird feeders she has all kinds of them. About 4 years ago we found one on the road that had been hit by a car but it was not dead so we took it home and feed it, it lived for a couple weeks I thought that it was doing really good then it ended up dying.
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08-30-2006, 01:38 AM
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How sad, Barbiedoll1973, and after all your hard work. We saved one that became entrapped in our garage and was beating its wings at our window, and I held it in my hands for my children to marvel over and pet and then let it go-------how awesome that experience felt!!!!!
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08-30-2006, 10:36 PM
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We have feeders and these beautiful "hummingbird vines" The birds love them.
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