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Index of Subjects Thank you, Rob. It is always an opportunity to learn something new. Patricia Dix Rob Woods wrote: > I too use the 4 to 1 ratio. I boil it to supersaturate the sugar as I > store some in the fridge to always have some on hand. For flowers near > my feeders I have Wisteria for lots of perches, bleeding hearts, > honeysuckle and bee balm. The hummingbirds are also enjoying the small > flowered iris' over the larger full iris. > > Volumes are down at this time but this is the calm before the storm as > it picks up with the new borns and I will be over 8 cups a day. > > Rob > Georgfield > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Pat <patdix@ns.sympatico.ca> > *To:* Nature NS posting <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > *Sent:* Thu, June 24, 2010 3:40:24 PM > *Subject:* [NatureNS] hummingbird feeder attractors > > 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 >
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