do you guys set up those attracting feeder things for them?
Screw the hummingbirds.... 🤐
DrafterX wrote:
😕
y'know, I could almost understand you screwing lots of things and stuff, but I gotta draw the line at itty bitty h-birds!
if I'm lucky in the Spring, I get to see two hovering frantically around a miniature weeping cherry tree outside my kitchen window
frankj1 wrote:
Yeah, I have four 1 quart size feeders. I leave two out all winter and when they show up in the spring I put out the other two. Sometimes need to refill twice a day, I should buy Imperial Sugar stock.
in SoCal, hummingbirds flit about year round...have you heard the motorboat sound their flapping wings make...
delta1 wrote:
I have not had the pleasure.
Might have to find them feeders.
Best thing about hummingbirds is there's no bird crap to clean up!
We have an old dog run that runs across the back yard and sometimes there will be 8 or 10 of them sitting on the line resting. It's pretty cool how they take turns at the feeder......hovering and waiting and then diving in.
Frank, my wife has gotten those feeders at Ocean State Job Lots for 3 or 4 bucks, then she makes up a 50/50 mixture of sugar and water and there ya go
3/4 cup of sugar to 1 quart of water is what you want. If you make it too sweet it will attract ants and wasps etc. Trust me I've been doing this for many years. If you put out the feeders they'll come and be back every year.
elRopo wrote:
Thanks, I'll let her know...........the way she does it does attract bees and wasps
Didn't mean to sound like a know it all, sorry if I came across that way. I also enjoy sitting on the patio with a cigar while watching the hummers, they're mesmerizing.
Not at all........and yes they are definitely some cheap entertainment
Nothing like a hummer when smoking a good cigar.
tonygraz wrote:
True 😊
