Date: 10/06/2020

Number: 12

We have at least 11 hummingbirds feeding in our yard. Two weeks ago we peaked with nearly thirty. There were 2-3 dozen within two weeks after Hurricane Sally came ashore into south Louisiana. They are being well-fed if they eat mosquitoes, which were also pushed inland in droves from the coastal marshes. This is the latest we have ever had any hummers. They’d always journeyed south before October came. The hummingbirds are feeding from the plants: firespike, shrimp plant, bleeding heart, firebush, passionflower vine, Major Wheeler honeysuckle vine, Porter weed, cigar plant, Chinese lantern, and have even chased away Monarch butterflies to get nectar from the milkweed plants. They also feed from the ten nectar feeders that we refill every day. So far, 2020 has given us nearly eight months to host hummingbirds here in the deep south. I am curious to see what happens when Hurricane Gamma arrives this Friday. We are about 20 miles from the current projected path.

Crowley, LA

Latitude: 30.2 Longitude: -92.4

Observed by: Carla
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