Mean little suckers is right....they dive bomb each other screaming obscenities.
Cat?!?! What a bird!!!Wow! What a cat!!
Cat?!?! What a bird!!!
I'd like to make a suggestion on feeding hummingbirds.
We have had several feeders at our house for more than 10 years and our neighbors have fed them for more than 30 years. Our neighbors told us that the hummers only like domino sugar so we always fed them domino sugar. Last year my wife bought another brand and without thinking we fed them the new brand of sugar. The birds totally ignored the new mixture until we realized our error and changed it back to Dominos.
It's true they might have become habituated to Dominos. But the birds may actually not like something in the cheaper brands. So I suggest trying a differrent brand. We also mix at 1 cup sugar to 4 cups of water. I often throw a little bit extra sugar in. I have't killed any of them yet.
I'd like to make a suggestion on feeding hummingbirds.
We have had several feeders at our house for more than 10 years and our neighbors have fed them for more than 30 years. Our neighbors told us that the hummers only like domino sugar so we always fed them domino sugar. Last year my wife bought another brand and without thinking we fed them the new brand of sugar. The birds totally ignored the new mixture until we realized our error and changed it back to Dominos.
It's true they might have become habituated to Dominos. But the birds may actually not like something in the cheaper brands. So I suggest trying a differrent brand. We also mix at 1 cup sugar to 4 cups of water. I often throw a little bit extra sugar in. I have't killed any of them yet.
I often throw a little bit extra sugar in. I have't killed any of them yet.
We have hummingbirds here in Vegas that eat my grapes. Its fun to watch as they'll land on the branches and suck out the juice from one grape at a time. They also clear all the bugs off the grapes. I never get any grapes but the hummingbirds do. I haven't filled my feeder in 3 years since I discovered their love of grapes.
Interesting... Do the grapes turn into raisins?
Little tip a bird loving friend of mine informed me of; Make sure you change the sugar water every couple days... it will ferment in the bottle and the birds will learn they dont like your feeder.