I'm with you Zed. The hummingbirds around my parents summer cottage aren't timid little souls at all. It's funny because they'll immediately pop up out of nowhere when we show up and fill the feeder.

If we went regularly, I'd say they're following our pattern, but we don't.

It's funny about them being attracted to the red feeder since there are very few red flowers up north. Well, there are none really, only one variety of dark orange flower.