[tn-bird] Re: solution for hummers subject of debate...

In a message dated 7/30/02 6:45:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jreese5@xxxxxxx 
writes:


> Whew! Thanks, Bob for your input! I intend to test your ratio today on half
> my feeders and see which empty first. I, too have a wide variety of flowers
> for our winged and six-legged friends, and supplemental water, so hopefully
> I have done no harm. I don't see it as a competition, as much as I saw it
> as pleasing the little buggers palate. I have no idea how anyone counts
> numbers among all the activity anyway, unless some are marked or banded as
> you do. Thanks for your tips, expertise, and all the good work you do on
> the hummers behalf!
> 
> Carol Reese
> 

Carol and fellow hummer folk:
If all your feeders are the same type, try substituting the weaker or 
stronger solutions to the suspected "good" locations.  Sometimes I get the 
distinct impressions that hummers like to feed at one feeder if there are a 
lot of birds feeding there already.  I would liken it to us driving through 
town and deciding that the food must be good at a certain restaurant SINCE 
ALL THOSE CARS ARE IN THE PARKING LOT!  

I must confess that after 15 years of studying hummers I am pretty humbled by 
my own feeling of ignorance.  I am motivated by ignorance, but what we don't 
know about hummers would fill a very large book!

Please share with us what you learn in your yard.

Bob Sargent
Trussville, Alabama




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