What could be wrong? No neighbors on my block have flowers and maybe two houses out of 20 have 1 feeder. I just put them out last week which I know is late. Could they have took up somewhere else because I was late putting the feeders out? Will they ever come, I'm stressing so much over it.

My neighbor was faithful with putting up feeders and keeping them maintained, but has since moved away. She was so excited to attract them and didn't know that they already came here yearly to my flowers.

My attempts with feeders over the years have been inconsistent, so it's not feeders, but flowers attracting them. It all started when we saw them at the native flowering plants like Indian plum, bleeding heart, fringecup, etc. Then my toddler daughter & I planted columbine and others from a seed assortment. Now 20 years later, she's grown and gardening at her place and I'm still planting hummingbird plants with them coming back for more year after year.

I think the hummers are happier and I am, too because a garden is infinitely more interesting than even my most beautifully painted glass feeder.

Keep putting those feeders out and keep them clean and fresh. It is not peak season yet but hummers will scout over a wide area looking for feeding chances and they will visit them all. It does help to have the right kind of hummer plants they will feed from. Many can be found at most nurseries. Salvia guaranitica black and blue, coccinea lady in red, coral nymph, summer jewel, cuphea david verity and cuphea schumannii are all good. Cardinal flower is another good one as a late season bloomer which likes sun and water.