For the past several springs/summers, we have had multiple hummingbird
families at our backyard feeder. (All fighting of course to be the "top
bird.") However so far this spring they have been few and far between.  A
female came several days in a row last week, but have not seen any hummers
since Tuesday of this week.  Also, other than what we suspect were migrants
early on, have seen no males at all.

I know that we're not getting many "hits" because when I change out the
nectar every few days not much is gone.

We live in Northwest Columbus. Have other backyard birders also experienced
this low census?  Just curious.

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