I mean, keeping them up ALL winter might start to become pretty pointless. Keeping them up late in the season can be beneficial to straggler migrants who probably don’t have many other food sources though. Keeping a hummingbird feeder up won’t keep them from migrating if that’s what you are getting at.
Tyler Wilson Adams County On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 8:37:56 PM UTC-6 esru...@gmail.com wrote: > I have always heard that we should take down hummingbird feeders in the > Denver area around the end of September or beginning of October. My nephew, > who is scientifically trained, met up with a PhD student who claims it’s > claims it’s fine to leave your hummingbird feeders up all winter long. > Rather than get into the specifics of the debate we’re having, I would > appreciate it if any of you have any information that I can forward to him > to refute what he heard I from the rather irresponsible the graduate > student who is apparently studying hummingbirds. Thanks. > Sent from my iPhone -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4ac39b23-8b86-4710-bb66-1bf6d59a3619n%40googlegroups.com.
