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May 16, 2007
Hummingbird feeder
The hummingbirds are definitely back in the area.
I get a female ruby-throat every few minutes at my window feeder, and the male every once in a while.
The hummingbird in the photo above is a female, and the photo was taken through my window…
Every appearance of these tiny dynamos is amazing.
For a couple of years, I had a conventional hummingbird feeder that I put next to the suet and seed feeders in my yard, and it paled in comparison to a window feeder.
You just see these little birds so much better — and you can change the inexpensive sugar water (every 3-4 days) without leaving the house.
No one can guarantee you’ll get hummingbirds, but if you do, you’re in for a great show.
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I once found a hummingbird in my pond all puffed up floating. I thought it was dead. I did everything this hummingbird expert on the internet suggested. But she just looked up at me and died. And a male kept flying around me as I buried her. My expert said
she must have been ill to have fallen in the pond. That was not natural. But just in case I took the fountain off the pond. -
Hummingbirds are a great pleasure in life. Once the hummers know about the feeder, they show great fidelity to the area. In northern Michigan, we have had ruby-throats appear in the window when we arrive at the cabin for just a few short weeks in the summer. With only a little imagination, it seems that they are trying to attract our attention. That’s our cue to make the nectar and get that feeder out. They begin feeding in moments. It makes us wonder what they do when we’re NOT there, which is most of the time. Hard to believe, but this has been going on for close to 45 years — certainly not the same individual over that time span but likely so for a few years at a time anyway.
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Candace Pfau
I once found a hummingbird in my pond all puffed up floating. I thought it was dead. I did everything this hummingbird expert on the internet suggested. But she just looked up at me and died. And a male kept flying around me as I buried her. My expert said
she must have been ill to have fallen in the pond. That was not natural. But just in case I took the fountain off the pond.
Carolyn
Hummingbirds are a great pleasure in life. Once the hummers know about the feeder, they show great fidelity to the area. In northern Michigan, we have had ruby-throats appear in the window when we arrive at the cabin for just a few short weeks in the summer. With only a little imagination, it seems that they are trying to attract our attention. That’s our cue to make the nectar and get that feeder out. They begin feeding in moments. It makes us wonder what they do when we’re NOT there, which is most of the time. Hard to believe, but this has been going on for close to 45 years — certainly not the same individual over that time span but likely so for a few years at a time anyway.