In Mississippi, migrating hummingbirds reach by early March. The nice weather you have there all year means that you will also have some hummingbirds that are there year-round. As long as the temperature stays above 20Co you can have hummers. Here is a great website: http://www.hummingbirds.net/index.html ---- You can put them out any time and leave them up all year long. Not only do hummingbirds pass through Texas during migration, many are there year-round.
No it's not you will get hummingbirds that are headed south and they need the fuel to get there it will have the ones traveling. don't be afraid to put at least two feeders out as they will fight for one feeder that's not a good thing so please put out at least two but away from each other.
Early Spring
yes you can
yes because it is toxicso kill the birds
yes they are
Sugar water. They like red feeders. Google hummingbird+feeder for more.
Early Spring
yes you can
yes because it is toxicso kill the birds
You can put them out in early April. The first sighting in Kentucky this year was March 25 in southwest Kentucky.
yes they are
Hummingbird nectar feeders, suet cake feeders, thistle sock feeders, tray feeders, and many others.
You can put them out now. Ruby-throated hummingbirds were reported in southern Ohio on March 31.
Yes, woodpeckers drink from hummingbird feeders. Red-bellied woodpeckers even pulled the plastic flowers off the feeding holes of my hummingbird feeder in order to get better access. I have also seen downy woodpeckers use hummingbird feeders.
Sugar water. They like red feeders. Google hummingbird+feeder for more.
It depends on where you live. Hummingbirds are flower feeders and consequently tend to migrate when flowers will be in bloom. So feeders should be put out in spring when flowers start blooming and should be kept out until the first frost. Its also important to change the liquid in feeders every week since it will begin to ferment.
That is normal behavior for a hummingbird. You can try making several different hummingbird feeders available so they don't have to share the same one.
They will feed when they return return from their migration. They will return in the spring as soon as the flowers bloom. Putting out a sugar water feeder should help attract them when they return.