[NatureNS] hummingbird feeder attractors

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:51:10 -0300
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Thank you, Bob.  Yes, I am careful about changing the solution about 
every 4-5 days and cleaning the container well.
Regards, Patricia Dix

Bob Haimes wrote:
> Hi Pat;
>
> As per what Randy said in his reply we mix ours at 4 parts water to 1 
> part
> sugar in the summer. The 3 to 1 ratio is good to
> start them going in the spring as with shorter days and colder nights 
> they
> use more energy.
> You should also be changing the food every three or four days in hotter
> weather as it can start to spoil
> and mold will grow inside the feeders. Its also a good practice to 
> clean the
> feeders well by taking them apart
> and scrubbing them down with hot water. We have several feeders up and 
> there
> are times we have to fill daily, but
> lately they have been lasting a little longer. Think there is an 
> abundance
> of natural flowers that they like around
> this year. Good luck with attracting them and there are times where 
> they can
> be very territorial so it may not hurt to
> move the feeder a little further away.
>
> Bob Haimes
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> From: "Pat" <patdix@ns.sympatico.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:40 PM
> To: "Nature NS posting" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> 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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