Guess it has been to cool.
Welcome back little friends.
I don't want to put up a feeder, though... it'd be an invitation for my cat to feed on them while they feed on the sugar water.
Stupid cat...
That could be the Humming bird/cat feeder.
2 birds and all that jazz.
Feed the lil birds, Feed the cat, fix your stress level due to the pain in the arse cat..... I see nothing but all positives here.
She's 18+ years old. She's had a good run... and she tore up my carpet while she was at it. She's padding around real gingerly lately. Might be time to let her feed the coyotes.
Have you tried putting a feeder out Spey? The things are dirt cheap and so is the food or you can even make up your own.
Ewok126 wrote:
4 parts water /1 part sugar, and no red food coloring required.
Spey, what state do you reside in?
But I'll try again this year when it warms up.
once in a while we see one or two hovering around the weeping cherry tree outside the kitchen window. Last year I hung a feeder right near the tree and never saw another again.
frankj1 wrote:
They (who ever in the hell they are) claim that for everyone you see there are 10 more.
Actually, I've seen several of them buzzing around the NC house. We're planning on putting out a feeder or two once we get settled.
David (dpnewell)
Hummingbirds? Dang, it takes like 20 of them just to make a meal.
Mrs. dpnewell wrote:
Oh yeah you will see a chit load of em there. In Asheville I had hung my feeder on the front porch at our cabin. It was where I would sit in the rocking chair about 5 feet away. Them things would fly so close I could feel the wind off their wings. It was a great place to sit and smoke. They would show up everyday around noon and would stop coming around 5:30ish. I would time them as soon as one would fly in and feed then take off about 5 min later it was back so I figured their nest was close by.
I'd rather kill the stupid cat than let her kill any more birds.
MACS wrote:
Damn, you're going to off 2nd my favorite cat...
Thunder.Gerbil wrote:
Nah... just talkin' out my arse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby-throated_hummingbird
I was going to say, are we going to have to lower the age for cats to buy assault weapons?[gonzo]
