I have continued to try and get photos of the mass of hummingbirds at our feeders to show you that I’m not making it up. Turns out, however, that now that we’re (just barely!) into September, the hummingbird season is coming to an end.
Our local paper talked recently about how many long-time feeders of the species marked this year as an extra-special one. Some were putting out two gallons of feed every morning to keep up with the demand. They estimated that they had 50 hummingbirds at a time at their six feeders…
This is NOT my feeder, but a close facsimile!
Wow! That kind of makes my ten at a time sound like the minor leagues!
It appears that for whatever reason – perhaps the dry, hot weather? – there have been more hummingbirds in general this summer…just as there have been more butterflies.
Which for some country dwellers has led to an astronomical amount of sugar used – a couple in a neighboring county have consumed over 150 pounds of sugar this year in their hummingbird nectar preparations.
I'm trying this next year...
Maybe I should be grateful to have just ten…I’m not sure I could afford more! 
