A few years ago, I noticed about triple the hummers at my feeders. I posted a note to the group about my observation and asked for input from others about what they were seeing at their feeders. After many, many responses, I realized that hummer variations at feeders were very localized, i.e., some folks noticed increased feeder visits while others noticed decreased visits. I could see no geographic pattern in the reports - increases and decreases in feeder activity were scattered around the state. I've noticed the same pattern (or lack thereof) in the recent reports of hummer feeder activity. I'm not discounting the possibility of increased wild hummer food availability, which one person mentioned for this year, and could decrease hummers at feeders. I have no idea as to the cause, but the random increase and decrease of hummers at feeders seems to be occurring this year as it did a few years back. Brad Bolton, Kent OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]