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09-26-2009, 08:28 AM | #21 | |||
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We see little hummies everyday at the feeder!! They're so much fun to watch.
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09-26-2009, 08:45 AM | #22 | |||
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Kitty - yay, another one gets the hummingbird bug!
I always do sugar water, no food dye. My birds will not drink the packet suff - and don't care what color it is, so why bother with that? I found if the feeder - at least part of it - is red, that's good enough. They feed off a lot of flowers that are not red at all - the first ones I had were hitting on blue/purple salvias. Mrs D - You are right about the feeders and vapor lock. I've had the best luck with the cheap plastic ones from the dollar store. They have a two peice bottom that snaps together. Our temps always have 20+ diff, night to day. But this design allows for just enough expansion or something where it will drip a bit (in the morning), but not lock up or totally pour out. They usually are good two years before they fall apart and dump all the sugar water. I still hang them close to my window/front door. But I also hang a yellow jacket trap near by. I did not have wasps/bees fighting off my hummies this year.
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09-26-2009, 08:50 AM | #23 | |||
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I haven't noticed any bees hanging around. I've put my feeder on the front of the house right across the walkway from my potted flowers. They like to buzz around them, too.
I only use plain sugar water, too. No dyes. The bottle on the feeder has a big colorful picture of a hummingbird on it and the bottom round part where they sit is red so I think that must attract them. I've changed the water out a few times already. Probably too often than is necessary but I don't want it to go bad and have the hummies get sick because of it. It just takes a minute. Even my kids love it and they're older boys!
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