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Best hummingbird feeder forums11/19/2023 Part 1: Considerations for hummingbird feeder placement The second part of the article discusses specific physical structures from which to hang your hummingbird feeders. Gonna leave up 1 feeder late this year as well and see if the same thing happens.The first part discusses in general where hummingbird feeders should be placed within your landscaping to provide the safest feeder for the hummingbirds and the most joy for you. ![]() Only saw the one, but there may have been other stragglers as I wasn't watching the feeder much at all. Must have been a late traveller from up north passing through. About 3 weeks after what I thought was the last of the hummers, and just as I was about to take the feeder down for good, I saw a hummer on it drinking nectar. Changed the nectar maybe once a week (it was pretty cold by that time and the nectar lasted surprisingly long before it got cloudy). One other thing I noticed last year you might find interesting after all of the hummers left in the fall I kept 1 feeder up. Doesn't take long before the 'aggressor' runs out of energy and joins the others on the feeder for a drink. While he chases off 1 or 2 birds, five or six (or more) others hit the feeder. Then, when the swarms come, even the most aggressive hummer can't 'defend' a feeder for long. Three of the ports had 2 bills down them at the same time. On more than one occasion I've seen 7 hummers feeding simultaneously on a 4 port feeder. Through mid summer they often share surprisingly well. I have noticed what might be a strange thing with my hummers. ![]() It sure is convenient cooking every 6 days or so instead of every 2 or 3 (and I can't imagine doing it every day hats off to you sir)! Been doing it for years and have never had a problem with the nectar going bad. As a matter of fact, I cook up twice as much nectar as my feeders will hold and keep the extra in a glass jug in a cold refrigerator until it's time to refill. I suspect those two things help give the nectar a longer 'shelf life' before it starts to go bad. I boil my water extremely well before stirring in the sugar and thoroughly clean my feeders (including bottles) between refills. I'd just like to be able to continue the same schedule once the swarms do hit. Been doing it for years and I've never had a problem with 3 days worth of nectar in the bottles. That's been my schedule using 1 liter bottles (until the swarms hit each season). The only difference with the 3 liter bottles is that hopefully I'll be able to go 3 days between refills instead of needing to refill every day. The same number of birds will be using each feeder regardless of how big the bottle is. That will give me 3 feeders with 6 ports each and one with 4 ports. I think I might add a fourth one down near the boathouse this year as well. JB, even when I use the 3-liter bottles I'll put up the same number of feeders I always have (3, with 1 around a different side of the house so one bird can't 'guard' it and the others at the same time). I'll check out the acquarium silicon this week. Re: Non toxic (food grade?) glue for hummingbird feeder project I also need to make sure whatever I use is non-toxic and doesn't add any taste or odor to the nectar.Īnyone know of an appropriate glue to use for this project? Or even where I might go to find the answer if no one here has it? I need to make sure the setup won't leak where the soda bottle top goes through the wine bottle cap (it will be turned upside down and in contact with hummingbird nectar most of the time). The threaded part of the soda bottle top will project out the top of the wine cap and allow me to use the 3 liter glass wine bottle for my hummingbird feeder. ![]() I'd cut the hole in the wine cap just large enough to let the threads pass through, but smaller than the lip of the soda bottle top, insert the soda bottle top through the hole from the inside of the wine cap and glue the lip of the soda bottle top to the inside of the wine cap. I want to modify a large glass wine bottle so that it will fit the threads of my hummingbird feeder.Ī plastic 2-liter soft drink bottle will fit the feeder, so I'm thinking I can cut off the threaded part just below the lip and feed it through a hole I cut in the metal cap from one of those 3 liter glass bottles of wine.
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