How long before the hummingbirds come to our feeder??

[a kennedy]

Have had it up now for 24 hours. Thanks.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Is it warm where you live?

Hummingbirds like warm weather. We ( Missouri, ugh) never see them until it gets consistently warm.

[a kennedy]

6. Not real warm yet....our region is about two weeks behind normal temps our

weather guy said.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Takes a couple days.

If you have Gold Finches in the area,most likely you will have Hummer's close by.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Where is "our feeder"? What state/region?

[a kennedy]

5. Southeast MN, right next to the Mississippi River.......just across from La Crosse, WI.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. I see.

Our first arrived May 3, coastal Massachusetts and about one week later than normal.

I would think they'd be close to your area very soon.

In the mean time, happy waiting.

[rampartc]

4. it may take them a few minutes to find the feeder

that is IF they have returned in their migration to your location.

that feeder contains sugar water, and will ferment if you leave it out too long.

why do humming birds him?

[Prof. P.E. Name]

7. 13 years in my case

Upper Midwest. Tried everything: different feeders, locations, food types, planting hummer-specific plants. Then last year, hit it right; had hummers right throughout fall.
Read up. If you can’t keep feeder clean and refreshed every 3-5 days, take it down.
First hummer arrived 4 days ago. Fly-by, not feeding. Immediately took feeder down for cleaning..

[KPN]

8. It depends on a lot of things. Here in coastal Oregon

We have hummers year-round. The things that we’ve found affect their presence/visits/use most is the feeder itself — some designs simply perform poorly as far as attracting them, and the mix — we use pure cane sugar (1:3 ratio with untreated water).

[csziggy]

10. They should be in your area by now but if you've never had a feeder it may tak a while

For them to find yours.

Here is a map of the 2019 hummingbird migration:
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2019-map.htm