off-season sightings are listed at this website, which includes many florida counties for ruby throat. I suspect you have other species there as well, like perhaps rufous, others.
http://www.geocities.com/trochilids/

Here is a link that might be useful: hummingbird maps

I'm in Central Florida between Orland and Tampa. The hummingbirds left my area I'd say in July. I saw one stray one on Sept 11, but haven't seen any since :(

about 2 weeks ago i saw my first hummingbird in zone 10 at a nursery in broward county.then on thanksgiving day i saw my first hummingbird in my yard.it was nectering on some firebush.i havent seen it since but was glad to see it passing through the area.it was a ruby-throated.good luck.

Hi Marilyn,

I've lived in Pinellas since 1957 (up near Riviera Bay). I'm sorry to say you're probably at least a decade too late to see hummers in this area, too much concrete and asphalt...gone the way of the quail and striped lizard due to loss of habitat, sufficiently sized naturally wooded areas just don't exist here anymore. My neighbor has a 25' bottlebrush in her front yard but I have not seen a hummer there since the early-nineties. We do still see them at my sisters place in Lecanto, but that area is still heavily wooded....I'd contact the St. Pete Audubon to see if there are any sightings in the county anymore before trying to set up some feeders.

in my west part of pinellas i havent seen any all my life, but i thought atleast the suburbs would hold a few somewhere that i haven't seen yet, but that's too sad if their all gone:(

Hi,
I live in Hialeah and there are 14 or 17 (not sure which) different species of hummers here in South Florida
Firespike is a BIG attractor for hummers.
Richard Lyons sells it. (South dade, Fl)
Flamingo gardens also carries it. (Davie Fl.)
Once they find your yard, they will return.
I have a friend who lives in West Hialeah and she ALWAYS gets hummingbirds!
Please come back and let me know what happens.
Thanks Jan
Firespike
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Local hummer here in South Florida, I don't know the name, If anybody does please let me know
Thanks!
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Hi all ! I live in Lakeland, (between Tampa and Orlando), we went to a hummingbird/butterfly seminar at a local garden store a couple of weeks ago (mid May). The speaker at the seminar said the most visited bush by hummingbirds is the Fire Spike bush. He said "If you haven't seen a humming bird, plant a Fire Spike bush and you will see one "! "I guarantee you will see one !" Well, we purchased 2 Fire Spike bushes. They bloom late in the summer through the frost. So will have to wait for blooms. My sister lives 6 miles from me and has several and last year when it was blooming, they said the hummers loved the Fire Spike! The bushes root easily from soft stem cutting, so easy to propagate. The bush will grow in semishade also. Hope this helps............