Question

Anyone ever see hummingbirds in our area, have any luck attracting them?  

Answer 1

Briefly in May when my weigela blooms

Answer 2

Used to have them in north riverside. Came every afternoon to the four o’clocks and fed until after dark.  

Answer 3

Yes every summer I only get a couple but it’s exciting

Answer 4

Hummingbirds, woodpeckers and Cardinals All the time

Answer 5

Yup! We have feeders in the yard.  

Answer 6

Yes - they love my plants on the patio

Answer 7

We have feeders to, but no luck☹️

Answer 8

I have one male that passes through every May 15. He spends the night and is gone the next day. They are busy getting to their territory, making nests, and raising babies this time of year. Starting July or so they will travel further afield and looking for food sources. Then from August to October they will start bulking up for migration. Then the juveniles show up too. They guard "their" feeder. One day in October they will be gone.  

Answer 9

I do! We plant a butterfly/hummingbird garden to attract them♥️

Answer 10

Parents have.  

Answer 11

We have a very young female - not the same one we’ve had the past 2 years. She showed up last weekend and comes around lunchtime and then again at happy hour. I have yet to find the nest.  

Answer 12

We had one today! Got this and the feed at the dollar store!  

Answer 13

We get them sometimes and always to our Rose of Sharon.  

Answer 14

Yes, they come for the plants (wish I knew the specific plants, possibly Salvia). Tried a humming bird feeder a couple of years back and it attracted a LOT of ants, but no humming birds.  

Answer 15

Yes, I saw one over our pond once

Answer 16

Yes came to the feeder right next to us tonight while we were eating on the patio

Answer 17

I get one that comes by every year (not to say its the same one).  

Answer 18

Yes! They stay for the summer. feeder. No red dye. sugar water only . Plants salvia cigar plant. fuschia plant. bat plant

Answer 19

Thank you, everyone, we just put up a white sugar water hummingbird feeder yesterday. There aren't many flowering plants in this area to attract hummingbirds, I need to get to it. I appreciate your getting back to me, Des Plainesers.  

Comments

@watercress71 if you’re new to Des Plaines. I am suggesting hitting Pesches on river road. They can give you a good heads up on plants. ☺️

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@purchase thanks, I want to! Lurvey is close by, it's like going to Disney visiting that place.  

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@watercress71 ☺️

Answer 20

Just FYI . I saw this posted.  

Comments

@hyland5 thank you, solid info!  

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@watercress71 You’re welcome.  

Answer 21

Yep, had a ton on my feeders today!  

Answer 22

When I had rose of Sharon bushes we got hummingbirds a lot. I just bought a hummingbird bird feeder, and I put it on a shepherds hook outside of my kitchen window. I’m hoping to see more hummingbirds again.  

Answer 23

We have a feeder and see a few a week.  

Answer 24

My next door neighbor has feeders & I've seen them come by. I'll have to get a feeder too.  

Answer 25

Yes! They’re attracted too red and bright colors. There are also feeders you can purchase to help. We see them a lot.  

Answer 26

I live on a third floor. I saw I'm a hummingbird yesterday outside my window it was the first time ever

Answer 27

Yes. They come to my relatives’ home for the honeysuckle all summer, in the neighborhood by Graceland Prairie Dental. I used to see them sometimes when I lived over by Our Lady of Destiny but haven’t seen any since moving closer to the library. The staff at Pesche’s can advise you on what to plant or put out in pots based on whether you have sun, shade, or a mix.  

Answer 28

Be careful, hummingbird feeders use the same stuff that attracts bees. Put it close enough to look at it but far enough that you don’t get regularly stung.