I have a tip for a little known hummer remedy in case one ever needs it.
Now and then a hummer will fly away from the feeder and into a window. Most likely, it will knock the poor thing out! If it does, you should pick him up and cup your hands around him with just a small hole left open to BREATHE into. Do not BLOW your breath into it, just breathe into it naturally. If you blow into it, you can burst his fragile lungs, but your breath is the exact temperature to revive him and keep him from going into shock and dying. You will save a life.

More notes. Hummers do not like to sit on branches in leaves. They find a twig or limb that has a place with no foliage.
AND, The tend to make nests near (is it Kestrels or Owls??? I forgot...I'll look that up) stay because those birds of pray never bother them, but eat the varmints that would.

The Ruby Throateds are the ONLY hummers in my area east of the Ms River (just a lost stray of another kind now and then, but rarely) They always come in with the swallows, o March 20, but everything is early this year, so my feeders will go out earlier than usual.

Terro. Put it on a piece of cardboard around the base of the tree. Also, be careful not to spill the sugar water in the feeder while you're hanging it. Just a thought. TERRO!!!! It'll croak the little critters. Milorganite also works. (don't know how to spell it). I know that works also. If your home uses well water you might want to check with your local ag agent to see what the best option is.

they have feeders that have an ant moat with them. Some people put cooking oil on the hanger and the ants can't cross it but you have to do that every day and after a while the oil builds and and gets sticky, kinda messy. The ants won't hurt the syrup or the hummers. In fact, hummers eat ants. I just let them get in it and before i take the feeder inside to wash and refill I spray it with a hose to get the ants off so I don't carry them inside.
Be careful using pesticides, it can harm the hummer if they ingest it.

A female that has been coming back for years will come and sit there, eat, and guard her stash of food. They tend to be noise shy, but not camera shy. If you are sitting within range and slowly move your camera about, you should get some good shots. Just be careful not to frighten them with loud noise or quick movement.

My feeders will go up St Patrick's Day, sooner if I see they are moving into the area http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/humm_ruby_spring2012.html. BTW bird fans, that site has maps on Common Loons, Eagles and several other nature items.

Yep, they will, if there is food nearby. I usually strip the leaves off of a bush that is near one of my feeders. A female that has been coming back for years will come and sit there, eat, and guard her stash of food. They tend to be noise shy, but not camera shy. If you are sitting within range and slowly move your camera about, you should get some good shots. Just be careful not to frighten them with loud noise or quick movement.

My feeders will go up St Patrick's Day, sooner if I see they are moving into the area http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/humm_ruby_spring2012.html. BTW bird fans, that site has maps on Common Loons, Eagles and several other nature items.

I'd like to let everyone know that you don't have to buy the hummingbird juice they sell in shops. One cup sugar to four cups water. That's it. Food coloring makes no difference at all. If anyone likes to attract Baltimore Orioles...ya don't need a feeder. Put out some grape jelly and you'll have a boatload of 'em. They like the pile of jelly,don't have to work to get to what they want and they'll come back often. I go through two jars a year. To me, it's a small price to pay for memories.

I wish I had been there. I'd love to take my 16 year old nephew (who lives in Minnesota BTW). He's a huge Yankees fan. He and my brother, who's also a Twins fan saw the last major league game in the Metrodome 2 years ago when the Yankees beat the Twins in the one game playoff.