Hello All.
I live here in northern Ohio about 2-3 counties south of Lake Erie.
a day or two ago I was gone for most of the day. I kept watch of my hummingbird feeders for 10 - 20 minutes W/O seeing a single one.
Weird I thought... "They can't already be migrating can they?!"
So finally around one if the feeders in the front of the house I saw a blur of something. There was a female ruby throat.
For the rest of the day it appeared to be the same bird, seems to be an Adult bird, although it may be younger.
Yesterday though, I watched it fly off, then looked away real quick and looked back again to see what looked like another following it.
Anyway, what the heck is up with them this year?! It's already one thing that our activity was way down at times, but they're leaving this early?
So it appears that this same bird is still here and obviously plans on staying a while. The thing is, most have seemingly left now, but yet it is 2-3 weeks early! I don't think I've ever had them leave the 1st week of september in the past.
So:
- It still stay daylight till 8:00 - 8:20
- The weather is very nice
- Plenty of flowers and nectar sources (although I'm aware they'll leave either way)
Why would they decided to leave so early? Any one else in Ohio experiencing anything similar?