Don’t take down those hummingbird feeders yet

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is the time of year when some folks think about taking down their sugar-water feeders, wondering if perhaps the hummingbirds have left our area.  Don’t you do it.  Best advice is to leave the feeders up for two weeks after you see the last hummer at your place.

Hummingbirds are sticking around later and a few, especially the rufous variety, are over-wintering here.  Rather than take the long trek to Mexico and points even farther south, many hummingbirds are choosing to spend the winter in south Texas along the coast.

In most years, a terrific place to see hummers each fall is the annual HummerBird Celebration in Rockport, a staging area for hummers headed south.