My feeders have been non stop for a good month.  Have refill atleast once a day.   Probably 50 of these bastards.  Created a monster.  Almost 10-1 female to male ratio.  

@cavanagh I see the same with the predominance of females. But, what I also have noticed is that many of what I think are females might be juvenile/first year males. They have 1 or more, small red dots on their throats that I think probably expands to their entire throat area later. Mine have definitely been more active over the last month, but I don't have nearly as many as you. Yours are going to be heading south before long, or maybe the males go first and that accounts for there being so many more females?

@kkott for sure the sugar king of greene county.  Word has spread.  I think a lot are Juveniles as well.

Well, are you boys (and girls!) up north seeing fewer at your feeders? I believe ours are heading south, but we are still seeing regular visits, but about a quarter of what it was a week or 2 ago. And, I notice different behaviors so I think we're getting a lot of birds that have already started heading south from the northern areas!

@kkott I was gone for a conference in Vegas for about 72 hours so they drank everything that was left, see if any are around tomorrow.

I had some family issues that contributed to me FORGETTING to get my feeder(s) up. About 10 days late now. 🙁  I am still putting two up tonight. Never do this but going to put the colored stuff for the first batch to really make the red stand out, because they probably checked the spots and moved on. Maybe I will catch some strays.

Earliest in my area was May 6 by the web maps, a couple closer on the 8th, about standard, I usually had my first by the 9th or 10th. 

@openwheel where are you? I saw my first this year on Good Friday, April 3rd. I'm in Rock Hill SC, outside Charlotte. That was maybe a little early, but I've got all 5 feeders up and have pretty steady activity. Not constant, but I have a hummer coming every minute or so. 

Had a first the other night. I like to leave my back door that opens to the deck open on nice nights and I have 2 feeders on that deck, so the inevitable happened and a hummer flew into the house. He was drawn to the ceiling can lights, almost like a moth and really slowed his flying down. I shut off the lights and he landed on the crown molding and I was able to gently grab him and take him outside. He flew right away. 

About there... That points to Houghton, MI

I am in Liminga, a few miles closer to the lake. Hummer migration map, below, shows one nearby (3 miles as a crow flies maybe) in Redridge on 5/12, and the one at Oscar on 5/15. That Freda one lower left is usually the earliest around, it shows 5/11 this year but I've seen that sighting post as early as 5/6 in other years.

@kkott 

Pretty cool able to hand catch the hummingbird.

I had one land on my finger before after it got used to me standing there, and the feeder was down but in my other hand ready to hang back up refilled. But never had much luck catching any bird in the house, the few times in my life it happened I opened the door and they found their way out. 

@openwheel Yeah, I was scared he'd fly up the stairs and out of sight of the doors and then it would be really hard to get him. I was surprised how much he slowed down once inside. Flew more like one of the hummingbird moths and really buzzed around the lights. I shut off the lights and told my GF to stand at the door with a flashlight, hoping he'd fly to it like he had the canned lights, but instead he landed on the molding in the kitchen. I keep a small ladder there to reach upper shelves and so grabbed that and was surprised he stayed as I climbed up and reached out to grab him. I thought maybe he was slowing down from not eating and exhaustion and maybe he was, but when I took him outside I took him to a feeder to see if he wanted to feed and when I released my grip he took right off.

Sundown hummers

I put my first feeder up way late, map showed them around like usual by the 10th/11th. I hung mine at dusk on the 20th, came home the next afternoon and a male was drinking. I see him but no others. But I havent spent any time watching. I put a second one yesterday across the yard anyway.

@hooky Good way to spend an evening on the deck with a drink in hand! That's my go to in the morning with coffee also!

I have two males, a big one and little one like last year. Last year, if the same two, they finally reached a truce at the end of the year each guarding their side of the feeder nearest the house. 

So far this year the much smaller one, who was feisty enough to hold his own last year and is a little bit bigger this year, appears to be winning. Chasing the bigger male away often.

Havent seen a female yet. So I'm not sure what these guys are fighting for.

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