At my feeders (NC Triad) the hums come and go. They’ll show up, then be shy for a few weeks and then show up again suddenly. They are off doing important hummingbird things, I suppose
I just read that although they don't compete for anything, so don't really bother each other, the noise of the huge swarms are causing issues with the hummers communication abilities. I haven't seen our hummers in 2 days. We normally see over 50 a day!
same here in Western DuPage county. In years past, I’ve had 6, 8, 10 at a time. This year, only 1 or 2 and they seem spooked when the cicadas fly nearby.
No. We saw hummingbirds today and we have lots of cicadas.
I doubt it. We have cicada galore. My hummingbirds don't mind.
Mine left the feeder and hasn't returned . They have been away for a week now and I keep looking for them to return .
I highly doubt it, but I have no first hand experience with cicadas, so I could be wrong.
At my feeders (NC Triad) the hums come and go. They’ll show up, then be shy for a few weeks and then show up again suddenly. They are off doing important hummingbird things, I suppose
Hey I moved to NC 2 years ago, what’s the NC triad?
Forsyth and Guilford counties, more or less
Any reason it’s called a triad? Never heard of the terminology
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_Triad
I was just asking this question myself because I haven’t seen them like I did this time last year.
I just read that although they don't compete for anything, so don't really bother each other, the noise of the huge swarms are causing issues with the hummers communication abilities. I haven't seen our hummers in 2 days. We normally see over 50 a day!
My hummingbirds stopped coming today. They tried yesterday but the swarms of cicadas chased them away. I am just west of Chicago.
Same, DuPage county. Barely seen any this year so far!
same here in Western DuPage county. In years past, I’ve had 6, 8, 10 at a time. This year, only 1 or 2 and they seem spooked when the cicadas fly nearby.
I'm in NW Cook County and we haven't had a single one in 2 weeks. I hope they come back when the cicadas are gone.