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When to hang

the feeders?

Fortunately, we already know that once again, many have achieved their impossible feat across the Gulf The website documents the arrival of hummers on schedule from Texas to Florida in early March.

But many people with hummingbird feeders poised are still wondering, when will they arrive in Virginia? The answer - by the time you’re reading this, despite our recent cold weather, they’re likely already here!

“Our first visit from hummers was April 9, several years ago. Typically they arrive the 13 - 15,” posted resident Reed Engle recently on Rappnet. I followed up with Reed and learned that he and his wife Dolores have been keeping a nature journal for 14 years from their home on the Hazel River in Culpeper County.

“I would guess that we have 50-60 hummers at high season,

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