I follow Linda Ferraresso’s example, I keep cleaning and refilling the hummingbird feeder until it freezes solid. I haven’t gotten lucky up here in MA yet, but I had a Rufous show up back in January 2001 when I still lived in Durham, NC.
My last yard hummer sighting dates here in Amherst, per eBird: 9-21-2011 9-13-2012 9-20-2013 9-15-2014 9-6-2015 9-22-2016 9-8-2017 9-13-2018 9-16-2019 9-18-2020 9-18-2021 9-9-2022 9-23-2023 9-11-2024
One has been visiting the feeder today, so I’ve beaten last year’s latest sighting by a few days, but have another full week before tying my latest ever.
