[NatureNS] hummingbird feeder attractors

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:49:44 -0300
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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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