I have had little success with my two hummingbird feeders.
However, it has been a joy to have hummingbirds enjoying my several potted
Salvia! I had one large pot last year along with a few Salvia in my cut flower
bed.
This year, I planted a dozen Salvia in five pots placed on my deck.
Hopefully,
We got a new red feeder from Audubon and humminhbirds love it. The 4
feeder tubes look like flowers. (They did not find the old one very
interesting) The feeder should be red, not the water. I have read red
food dye is not good for birds. Onward,
Joan
On Mon, May 6, 2024, 12:55 PM Rob Haslinger
On red hummingbird food:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/feeding-hummingbirds/
On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 3:25 PM Anne Warner wrote:
> Is the feeder and/or the sugar water red, I hope?
> - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings!
>
> On May 6, 2024, at 2:55 PM, Paul Rice via Linc
Is the feeder and/or the sugar water red, I hope? - Sent from iPhone. Typed by thumb. Excuse misspellings! On May 6, 2024, at 2:55 PM, Paul Rice via Lincoln wrote:Hummingbirds are very territorial. I put up a feeder last spring and had a hummingbird show up constantly until another one came along
It is a time of year when blossoms may offer more than a feeder.
We have feeders at our CO mountain house- no fussing with cleaning, or store
bought stuff, no red dye- just sugar and water boiled and cooled. When they
are hungry, they will buzz bomb you and fight each other to get to that feeder
Hummingbirds are very territorial. I put up a feeder last spring and had a hummingbird show up constantly until another one came along about two weeks later. At that point they would show up dart around each other for a while then take off. I put up a 2nd feeder about 20 feet from the first one and
I had something hanging in my window in front of the hummingbird feeder
that scared off the birds. It was an owl shaped thing made if shiny
matetial bc I had birds flying into my window. Anything like that?
Diana
On Mon, May 6, 2024, 12:55 PM Rob Haslinger wrote:
> So a week ago I hung up a humm
Are you cleaning the feeder thoroughly once a week?
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On Monday, May 6, 2024, 12:55 PM, Rob Haslinger wrote:
So a week ago I hung up a hummingbird feeder. I’ve seen three of the little
guys come and check it out and then fly away without drinking. So I must be