It is midnight. Do you know where your hummers are?

Last night I did. At midnight the male hummer was still sitting on the feeder under the porch light. I kept waiting for him to go to sleep or a state of mini-hibernation before turning out the light. Instead his eyes were wide open and he was fluffing up his feathers, flapping his wings, sipping the food, and even flying around the porch a bit. Fearing that the light was keeping him awake and he would freeze to death, I finally turned it off at 12:30.

This morning he did not seem any worse for the late night as he was chasing the female hummer around the yard.

Tonight the light goes out much earlier for the both of us.

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah