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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_mZgpWT9cUlI3h1+pWywVLw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Pat, I agree with the others about the 4 to 1 sugar solution, but I do boil mine. I also don't think the proximity of other feeders deters hummers - they are pretty aggressive little critters! As someone said, right now there are many flowers around for them to feed on, and I see my hummers mainly in the early morning and just before dark stocking up. I think the main attraction to your yard originally is to have lots of flowers blooming right through the whole summer. Lots has been written about the red colour and tubular shape which they find especially attractive, but they will feed at many other kinds of flowers as well. Lois Codling L. Sackville On 24/06/2010 3:40 PM, Pat wrote: > Hi, > I would appreciate any suggestions to get hummingbird(s) to actually > feed at my feeder. It is hanging on my eaves part of the house roof, > 3 to 1 solution of well water and common sugar, boiled and cooled, in > a red-bottomed with yellow 'eyes' pretend flowers around the bottom > with little bird perches in front of the feeder holes. I have seen > the odd female stop briefly since April. > > I am wondering IF the fact that I have a 3-foot by 15-inch tray > mounted up the outside of the house porch at the window level where I > can (a) continually clean and add feed and (b) see the birds feeding > any time I walk by the kitchen entry, might be too close to the > hummingbird feeder? They are about 10-12 feet from each other and I > do get lots of activity of differing size birds coming and going at > the feeder during daylight hours. > > Patricia Dix > Greenwich NS > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2961 - Release Date: 06/24/10 15:35:00 > > --Boundary_(ID_mZgpWT9cUlI3h1+pWywVLw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Pat,<br> <br> I agree with the others about the 4 to 1 sugar solution, but I do boil mine. I also don't think the proximity of other feeders deters hummers - they are pretty aggressive little critters! As someone said, right now there are many flowers around for them to feed on, and I see my hummers mainly in the early morning and just before dark stocking up.<br> <br> I think the main attraction to your yard originally is to have lots of flowers blooming right through the whole summer. Lots has been written about the red colour and tubular shape which they find especially attractive, but they will feed at many other kinds of flowers as well.<br> <br> Lois Codling<br> L. Sackville<br> <br> On 24/06/2010 3:40 PM, Pat wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4C23A698.1080908@ns.sympatico.ca" type="cite">Hi, <br> I would appreciate any suggestions to get hummingbird(s) to actually feed at my feeder. It is hanging on my eaves part of the house roof, 3 to 1 solution of well water and common sugar, boiled and cooled, in a red-bottomed with yellow 'eyes' pretend flowers around the bottom with little bird perches in front of the feeder holes. I have seen the odd female stop briefly since April. <br> <br> I am wondering IF the fact that I have a 3-foot by 15-inch tray mounted up the outside of the house porch at the window level where I can (a) continually clean and add feed and (b) see the birds feeding any time I walk by the kitchen entry, might be too close to the hummingbird feeder? They are about 10-12 feet from each other and I do get lots of activity of differing size birds coming and going at the feeder during daylight hours. <br> <br> Patricia Dix <br> Greenwich NS<br> <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2961 - Release Date: 06/24/10 15:35:00 </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_mZgpWT9cUlI3h1+pWywVLw)--
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