Humming Bird Feeder

They are quite resourceful little characters and will find other food if you go away. However, they are likely to scold you if you do neglect them. Mine get right in my face if I walk outside and their feeder is empty!
Here on the Island (Vancouver Island, THE Island), our hummers used to always migrate south in winter, so we put out feeders away in late September, lest we tempt them to stay. Then the Anna's hummers started staying thru the winter. According to one of the Cannings boys (one brother is a bird guy, and one is a bug guy, and I forget which is which), they used to go south to California for the winter. Then started hanging out in Oregon, then into Washington state and they've been here in winter for about 10 years now. He said they really need our help and to keep your feeders going in the winter. We've had about 18 inches of snow over the past couple days which is pretty extreme for here. (Grumpy, you must have about 3 feet out at the lake) Schools and my office have been closed for 2 days(we haven't had any snow worth mentioning for about 3 winters now). I bring my feeders in a night, and put them out first thing in the morning. If I'm late I get chittered at! It looks really weird to see the tiniest of the hummers out buzzing around my yard with all this snow.
I'm photo posting challenged or I'd give you a pic.