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Index of Subjects Thank you, Randy. :-) I will change it to 4:1 ratio. Regards, Patricia Dix Randy Lauff wrote: > I've always used a 4 water : 1 white sugar solution, and don't boil it > (sometimes I don't even warm it up). I wonder if your fluid is just > too sugary? My feeder sounds similarly-coloured to yours, and it hangs > within 2-3 m of my main silo feeder. So, I don't think proximity to > your other feeder is an issue, but as *they* say, you can always try > moving it. Maybe even try it way out in the open first, so it's highly > visible, then when the birds come, slowly move it to your better > viewing area. > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > > On 24 June 2010 15:40, Pat <patdix@ns.sympatico.ca > <mailto:patdix@ns.sympatico.ca>> 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 > >
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