next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects
Index of Subjects
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/>
</head><body style="">
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Well Eleanor all sugar is not equal.</span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Some might be from beets, some from cane, even sorghum or corn.<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The process to produce the raw sugar might have changed as <br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">well as the refining process. Humans might not know<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">but hummingbirds perhaps do. <br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The water might change also - depending on how it is processed.<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Government folks are always coming up with new regulations to<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">protect the health of folks. Who knows what brain storm they had this<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">time! Maybe to reduce CO2 emissions - that seems to be the latest kick.<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The hummers still enjoy my rhodies!<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Have a great summer<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Paul<br/></span>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span>
</div>
<div>
 
</div>
<div>
 
</div>
<div>
<br/>> On July 2, 2016 at 9:00 AM Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay135@gmail.com> wrote:
<br/>>
<br/>>
<br/>> I have been feeding hummingbirds for years, but this year, without
<br/>> making any changes to my long-time routine, I have run into a problem I
<br/>> have never encountered before; the hummers are coming to my feeders at
<br/>> least once daily, but taking only one sip of nectar then flying away. I
<br/>> am using the standard 1 part sugar to 4 parts water, I have triple
<br/>> cleaned the feeders in hot soapy water and thoroughly rinsed/dried them
<br/>> ;I've tried different feeders, and gone through a lot of re-made nectar
<br/>> - all to no avail. I mentioned this to a couple of neighbours who both
<br/>> said I should not be using any soap to clean the feeders - just rinse
<br/>> them thoroughly - so I have just done this and wait to see what happens....
<br/>> But I would like to know what others think/do and also to understand
<br/>> why, if the soap is the problem, why it's only happening now; and ,also
<br/>> if some new ingredient is proving unacceptable to the hummers, what
<br/>> subtle effect may/could it possibly have on us......?
<br/>>
<br/>> Comments/thoughts on this will be welcome!!
<br/>>
<br/>> Eleanor Lindsay
<br/>>
</div>
</body></html>
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
previous message in thread
Index of Subjects