LX, I have plenty to spare.
BD, A heated hummingbird feeder? WOW. Never heard of that.
Usually one HB will take over the feeder on the left and another will take over the feeder on the right. The one in the middle is kind of free. The past couple of weeks though the one on the left has been crazy busy. So last night I did the moving around.
If you look at the first post, I took that video about 4:30 last night. When I woke up this morning it was empty. As in someone licked the bottom of the bowl empty. My wife said it sure is a good thing that she bought some sugar at Costco. We are going through it.
Friggin' things are dangerous. I've had 'em whizz by my head within a couple of inches at full speed. So close I could feel the wind from their wings. They also make a zipping/whistling sound as they part the air. Kind of hard to describe.I've never seen a hummingbird in the wild (I'm not sure if I've seen one in captivity tbh) and I'm very jealous! They are beautiful!
I know this is TMI. A couple months ago one HB took over the right feeder. He would sit on a tree 15 feet away and if any other HBs went to the feeder he would chase them away. I went out there and was yelling at the little SOB. He had this grey/green body, but when he would turn his head towards me it would flash this brilliant red. Just gorgeous. They do dive bomb you sometimes also. I have seen it where they fly up about 30 feet and then dive at something and buzz it. You can hear them actually buzz when they fly by. Pretty cool.I've never seen a hummingbird in the wild (I'm not sure if I've seen one in captivity tbh) and I'm very jealous! They are beautiful!
Cool. I don't have to be worried about that is SoCal, but cool that someone thought of that.Home Page
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There are cheaper ones on Amazon…but all use the same “lightbulb in the base” to heat them. We had a few days in the teens back in January…the top “jar” part would freeze, but the juice in the base stayed liquid.
There was one time that I got bees on the feeder. It was a different design of feeder and I threw it away. The ones I have now the only way to the liquid is through a very narrow tube so no other insect or bird can get to it. I have not really had a problem with the droppings The only problem I have had is it seems every time I try to record them eating they will poop. It is crazy to think that these things live off of sugar, and that is it. We have to eat some much of this and then less of that. These things eat pure sugar.I rarely see them, but then again I don't put feeders up. They are beautiful and cool though. A few questions regarding the feeders:
1. Do they attract other birds/insects etc?
2. With the numbers shown in the OP, do they make a mess with droppings etc?
Do it. These might be migrating and headed your way.I need to put some feeders up, once spring and summer are here I do see them in my yard fairly often, and there's often one posted up on a tree near my deck.
Yep…and if I get too close to one of the feeders, I get buzzed. Little fckrs are aggressive as hell.Have any of you ever had one come up to you in the yard and hover in front of you ... like ... ' hey dumbass, the feeder's empty!!! ' ??
4/1 ratio of water/sugar. Boil the mixture to kill any bacteria, let it cool, fill the feeders, (even half full is fine) hang it outside where the hummers can find it…preferably not in full sun all day.Pure cane sugar + water is all that is needed. You'll probably get bees and ants. Comes with the territory.