I've only lived here 1 1/2 yrs., moved to Joplin in May, 2006.  Put  out the 
feeders & by this time last year had LOTS.  Been keeping clean,  fresh, 
feeders out but so far no visitors @ all... same with neighbor across the  street, 
but I'll keep the fresh feeders up, be patient & hope they come back  to visit. 
 They're such fun.
 
Mary Cottrell, Joplin 
 
I typically have a few in spring, none in early summer, then a lot more  
starting, apparently, on Monday. I'm now seeing them daily again. People  
should just be patient and those immatures should start rolling in from now  
until late September.

----Bill Eddleman, Cape Girardeau


At  01:29 PM 7/19/2007 -0700, Cindy Bridges wrote:
>I live about 50 miles from  there in Oregon Co. near the Eleven Point River 
>and I have the normal  amount of Hummers.
>   Cindy Bridges
>   Oregon  Co
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>"Snider, Dave" <[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
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>Several folks in our area are wondering why  there are so few
>hummingbirds this year? I live in West Plains and  normally I have to
>duck when I am sitting on my deck because we have so  many. This year I
>have seen a male at the beginning of spring and just in  the last couple
>of days a female has been at my feeders. Is it because of  the cold spell
>we had earlier in the year or is there another reason like  some kind of
>disease that has plagued the little birds? Last year at this  time I had
>to fill my feeders practically every day. I miss the little  birds and
>have heard the same complaint from a lot of other  folks.
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