I tied a red gauzy ribbon to my hummingbird feeder that has faded to pinky red during two years of lonely waiting. The feeder is hanging from a shepherd’s hook at a safe distance from the rowdy feeding of sparrows and squirrels.
No hummingbird has ever visited us. At least not publicly.
But maybe my timing was off in previous years. According to the “Spring 2008 Migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds” map, the time is right for some fast flying visitors.
Cross your fingers that they find my feeder!