[TN-Bird] Re: Red Belly Drinking
- From: Charles Murray <dro_1945@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-BIRD <TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, likebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:24:27 -0700 (PDT)
My problem with hummingbird feeders is caused by small, blue-green bees that
get into the sugar-water and die, fouling the mixture. Does anyone have a
solution for that? I bought new feeders this year with smaller feeding holes to
hopefully exclude the yellowjacket wasps that always got into the feeders in
the past in August and September.
Charles Murray
Hamilton County
--- On Wed, 7/20/11, likebird <likebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: likebird <likebird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] Red Belly Drinking
To: "TN-BIRD" <TN-BIRD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 1:16 PM
Birders,
If you ever wonder why your Hummer feeder gets so
dirty just after you put out fresh nectar, wonder no more. I have trouble
with my feeders because my numerous Downys sit on them all day and make the
nectar nasty. This morning I had a female Red Belly drinking her fill from
a feeder that I had just refilled. It is a small flat feeder and she drank half
the nectar! Wildlife is wonderful!!!
Linda V. Kelly
Nashville, TN
Davidson CO
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