Sew and Sew

I too live in TN how forturnate we are to live in their migratory path.......I do not have hundreds, but I have around 50. Yep have to fill my feeders daily. Out front porch is long, as you can see on my avatar, so we chose to hang all feeders or I should say most of them from one end to the other on the porch. They do not seem to care that we have our coffee and "watch" them. My husband hung one feeder in the middle of the porch in front of my kitchen window. What a great idea. Now all the front windows have feeders. They are a joy.

Annz

lovely. so nice of you to take care of them. More will come

Owllady

They have been slower in coming this year. I three regulars and enjoy watching them. Some years we have a lot more.

SC

A few of my hummer pictures

SC

And a few finches

ladyshuffler

How cool is that...we only have one or two show up every week.

zz-pd

I love to watch humming birds. Thank you, and God bless.

crafter005

I love my humming birds but I don't have as many as Dorothy. Mine sometimes scold me if they want to eat and I'm out there. When I spent more time with them they would come up to me within a couple of feet and just look at me.

Dorothy, I read a website that said that if you make your own nectar (4 parts water to 1 part sugar) you need to boil it first or the hummers can get sick. Also stated that you should wash your feeder one a week, less if the weather is hot.

I was trying to find this website but I have another one that has some very interesting information about the humming bird. http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/hu....php#solutions

I can't imagine all those feeders. I have enough just trying to keep my two 32 oz feeders going. Thanks for the pictures.

crafter005

Hi Suzanne:
I've been wanting to do my sugar water in the microwave too. How much to you put in and how long to you nuke it for? I wash my out every couple of days when it's hot too and I don't fill them full either because of the washing. I posted this elsewhere but this site has some wonderful information that you can probably use so here it is again. It seems that the proportion needs to be different in winter. http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/hu....php#solutions

Suzanne57

I usually let it boil about 1 min after it starts bubbling. Boiling it too long changes the concentration which is bad for the birds. I've read of them becoming dehydrated if it's too concentrated. I've even read about using a 5 to 1 ratio if the climate is really dry.