I live in southeastern PA and have always had ruby throated hummingbirds at my feeders. They only share with a nesting partner and dive bomb any others that show up at the feeder. I was surprised to see feeders in the western part of the country that had 9 or more hummingbirds at the same feeder. There were times when I saw the local ones sitting in the tree that the feeder was hanging from but delighted in hearing them fly past me when I was standing on the back patio. The feeder used to be in the back yard but close enough to see from the kitchen window until we put an addition on the house. They returned the next year to the area where the feeder was and had to find the new one at the edge of the patio that used to be behind the house and was moved to the side of the addition. I had to sell that house after a fire and have not put up a feeder at my new house yet. I'm shopping for a different kind of feeder for the side deck that won't be too heavy to hang from a hook attached to the deck railing and I'll try to get it out earlier this year. I planted a red honeysuckle next to the support for the deck and hope it grows a lot bigger this year and will attract them. I bought it a native plant nursery and theirs was quite large and full of hummingbirds. I can also put some annuals that attract them in pots on the deck.
I live in southeastern PA and have always had ruby throated hummingbirds at my feeders. They only share with a nesting partner and dive bomb any others that show up at the feeder. I was surprised to see feeders in the western part of the country that had 9 or more hummingbirds at the same feeder. There were times when I saw the local ones sitting in the tree that the feeder was hanging from but delighted in hearing them fly past me when I was standing on the back patio. The feeder used to be in the back yard but close enough to see from the kitchen window until we put an addition on the house. They returned the next year to the area where the feeder was and had to find the new one at the edge of the patio that used to be behind the house and was moved to the side of the addition. I had to sell that house after a fire and have not put up a feeder at my new house yet. I'm shopping for a different kind of feeder for the side deck that won't be too heavy to hang from a hook attached to the deck railing and I'll try to get it out earlier this year. I planted a red honeysuckle next to the support for the deck and hope it grows a lot bigger this year and will attract them. I bought it a native plant nursery and theirs was quite large and full of hummingbirds. I can also put some annuals that attract them in pots on the deck.