humming birds are gone

[LizStreithorst]

For a while they attacked my feeders with a vengeance.  They were tanking up for their long trip over the big water.  I hate it when they leave, but they couldn't survive here in the colder months.  There is a hummer that isn't often seen in MS that sometimes shows up during the winter here.  It's called a Rufus Hummingbird.  I hear that they're not flashy but I don't care about flashy.  I'll leave my feeders up in hopes of attracting one.

[Barb]

Ours are all gone too, flying to central America.  I will never get over amazement at what they do.  And the same ones come all the way back here to our feeders in Spring.
Barb

[BallAquatics]

[PaulineMi]

Hummingbirds have left here also. However I saw a viceroy butterfly flitting around in the yard today. Hopefully it hasn't lost its way.

[LizStreithorst]

I still have butterfly's,  Mostly Sulfur's.  They'll be gone soon, too.  I hate the winter when everything either hunker's down or dies.

[Ron Sower]

We have Annas here in western Washington. Many of them stay thru the winter and we enjoy them year round. The Rufus come thru in the spring and fall migrating towards Canada and Alaska and back south.

[Mugwump]

We didn't see as many Monarchs this year....odd....but the little wild river finches were all over the place tho, and our resident cardinals did fairly well, considering the severity of last years cold winter......correction, those are Manny's cardinals  ...he watches them in the bushes around our house, and meows at them....