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Bella loves them hummers.
Hummingbirds and the feeders
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Get one with the moat.
We finally had a hummingbird at the feeder this past week! Woot! Must have been the fresh juice.
I always hung mine using two fishing leaders with a small round bobber in the middle. A gob of axle grease on the top of the bobber prevented the ants from going any farther.
I have one of these above my feeder.
I've never had problems with ants using this moat but the chickadees love to drink out of it and they sometimes poop where the hummingbirds feed.
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I'll try the grease thing, but so far no ants...but they are a comin".
That time of year has returned... 
Hummers are back!
Just caught one spearing my blooming phalenopsis orchid with its bill. Sorry little guy, no nectar there!
Put out the colibri-feeder instead.
AA
Hummers are back!Just caught one spearing my blooming phalenopsis orchid with its bill. Sorry little guy, no nectar there!
Put out the colibri-feeder instead.AA
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I’ve had more Hummers then ever this year.
Got discouraged earlier in the summer when we saw one a handful of times and then finally, none. Brought the feeder in and kept it in. It was just attracting ants.
If you're feeding hummingbirds, please make sure you are cleaning the feeder frequently. More frequently in warm weather.
Hummingbirds can get a fungal infection from a dirty feeder, which causes the tongue to swell and they starve to death.
Hummingbirds can get a fungal infection from a dirty feeder, which causes the tongue to swell and they starve to death.
Changed the juice frequently...just didn't get any takers.
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What is your formula?
It was store bought juice...a powder mixed with water.
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Try switching it up to this formula: 1/4 cup of pure cane white sugar to 1 cup of distilled water…or filtered water.
I’ve heard that they may feed on feeders less frequently in summer because there’s lots of flowers for them to feed on. Our weather just got a lot cooler and I’ve seen close to a dozen some days this past week
It is bizarre - we have hummers all summer long. NEVER a male, just the drab females. Going on five years now and no luck.
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I use two feeders one in the front yard and one in the backyard. The males use the one in the front almost all the time. The one in the back 90% female with about 10% male.
I have hummingbirds here probably eight months out of the year.
Here are some of the shots I have taken. Where you can count the feathers I am using a 1/6000th of a second exposure.
Here are some of the shots I have taken. Where you can count the feathers I am using a 1/6000th of a second exposure.
We have the same setup - one in the front and one in the back so they can't see each other. Both are exclusive to the ladies, year after year. One guy mentioned to me that our feeders are right up close to the window and maybe that was why the males won't come. His are out ten feet or so from his house and he gets males. Nutty.
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