"maryann kolb" <mkolb@sc.tds.net> wrote in message news:209114pknfre9tto6g6g42k3rqhpvre6jf@4ax.com... Some time ago I had a couple of hummers pass through the yard and stop for a drink and a rest. Since then I have not seen a single one. It seems to me that by this time last year I had at least two resident males busily guarding the feeders and watching for returning females. am