Rufous Hummingbirds at Manning Park

[nickinthegarden]

Whenever I go to Manning Park I make a point of stopping at the store and restaurant to check out the Hummingbird feeders. Yesterday at 6:30 a.m. there were only two Rufous Hummingbirds using them. When I came back around 11;00 a.m. there were at least 6 and it was very active. There seemed to be one adult male and the rest were either females or juveniles. In previous years I remember a lot more birds.

I heard that the adult males leave earlier to head south, when would they be leaving the Manning area? I was not able to get the kind of photos I hoped to and I am considering going back. My own feeder only gets one bird once or twice a day and the angle is no good for photography. Does anyone know of other publicly accessible feeders which may have an active population?
Thanks! 


Rufous Hummingbird by Nick, on Flickr

[Jamie]

The Heron Reserve has feeders and might have Rufous Hummingbirds visiting.

[KevinC]

We have been getting Rufous at the Heron Reserve, although I did not notice any yesterday. This may be due to the fact that the feeders need refilling and I didn't get around to doing it...