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Index of Subjects Thank you, Lois. :-) It is always an adventure! Patricia Dix Lois Codling wrote: > 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 >> >>
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