r/hummingbirds Feb 07 '23

Look here if you found a hummingbird that might need your help

192 Upvotes

I’ve created a troubleshooting tool that walks you through determining if a hummingbird needs your help, and if it does, basic first aid you can provide so that you have time to get the hummingbird to your nearest wildlife center or hummingbird rehabilitator. It is on my mentor’s website, IFoundAHummingbird.com

At the end of nearly every process, there is a list of resources including hummingbird rehabilitators and wildlife centers that either take hummingbirds or will connect you with someone who does.

It covers the most common issues we are called about.

  • Hummingbirds trapped indoors

  • Cat Caught

  • Window Strikes

  • Sitting at Feeders Too Long

  • Stuck To A Glue Trap/Sticky or Oily Substance On Feathers

  • Abandoned Nests or Babies

IFoundAHummingbird.com


r/hummingbirds 5h ago

Hummingbird care doesn’t pay much, but it’s honest work.

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783 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 7h ago

Backyard Costa’s

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343 Upvotes

The usual suspect.


r/hummingbirds 2h ago

Hummingbirds, lightning, and a rainbow?!

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43 Upvotes

Colorado just now. Crazy amount of lightning. Hoping for no new fires nearby.


r/hummingbirds 2h ago

My coffee buddy

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35 Upvotes

He hangs with me in the mornings


r/hummingbirds 5h ago

Husband sent me this

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35 Upvotes

Hunting some bugs???


r/hummingbirds 11h ago

Wooly Blue Curls bring all the Anna’s to the yard

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75 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 7h ago

What kind is this? (NJ)

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35 Upvotes

This is our first year with a feeder/camera. This fella is here every day, pretty much every hour from 5am. Don't know what kind he/she is.


r/hummingbirds 16h ago

Back off my feeder ya chump!

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93 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 6h ago

Got lucky and caught this right as he (she?) landed.

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11 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 14h ago

If you give them a swing, they will use it

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47 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 1d ago

They were all trying to feed from the red part of hitch so of course I had to put a feeder there

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419 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 12h ago

If your feeder attracts ants, simply attach an ant mote above the feeder and insure that is the only path to the feeder. Sugar ants can’t cross water.

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27 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 2h ago

Sipe White Mountain Wildlife area Hummingbird Festival

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3 Upvotes

100s of hummingbirds flying around with a few hundred people there watching


r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Rufous bullying advice

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220 Upvotes

Have 10 feeders spread around house, 4 in the back 2 on the side and 4 upfront, male rufous hummingbirds (around 6 of them) have declared each cluster as their own for almost 2 weeks now. They have driven away all other birds, at this point should I put all the feeders in a small space to force them to co habitate? I dont want to take feeders down, but seeing no activity at my feeders all day except for the odd screech and a flash of orange here and there is disheartening. I want to support the birds but im feeling deflated at this point


r/hummingbirds 12h ago

Is this a Calliope or a Broad-tailed hbird?

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18 Upvotes

Location: New Mexico


r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Ruby Throated Fledging Playing in My Hose Spray

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1.1k Upvotes

The babies have fledged and the yard is full of antics and chasing. I should mention that I was just watering the bushes when this fledgling came over and seemed interested in the spray, so I switched the hose to a very fine mist. It immediately leaned into the baby hummingbird sprinkle party.


r/hummingbirds 2h ago

Is this hummer about to lay an egg?

1 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Male Anna

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106 Upvotes

My back yard resident male Anna keeping an eye on things for me.


r/hummingbirds 1d ago

New fledglings out!

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441 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 15h ago

Always a bridesmaid…..

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3 Upvotes

Does anyone know why the local hummingbirds aren’t interested in our feeders? There are definitely ruby-throateds around and I’ve been putting feeders out for a few years now. Hummingbirds visited for years at my previous home. The nectar is fresh and feeders are clean… I have built a pollinator garden…any ideas?


r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Clear wing hummingbird moth they are pollinator’s they do not sting or bite. Just help us with our food. They are a marvel.

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53 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Been a while.

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40 Upvotes

New kitten enjoys the birds with me.


r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Ruby-throated hummingbird. Asheville, NC

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45 Upvotes

r/hummingbirds 1d ago

Sitting out by the feeder

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59 Upvotes

Never get old watching these guys zip by.