2014 Hummingbirds

upthesaukee · 08-10-2014, 06:50 PM

Good success. Just a basic feeder available anywhere for $10 or so. Make your own food...4 parts water, 1 part sugar. Boil the water and stir the sugar in until dissolved. You can use red food color or not. I use it cuz it is pretty

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secondcurve · 08-10-2014, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by upthesaukee

Good success. Just a basic feeder available anywhere for $10 or so. Make your own food...4 parts sugar, 1 part water. You can use red food color or not. I use it cuz it is pretty

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Don't forget to boil the water/sugar.

RLW · 09-01-2014, 12:11 PM

Just a note from Alton Mountain. We have not seen a male hummer for the past 3 or 4 days, just the young females and they are tanking up.
Just thought you might be interested.

minni on winni · 09-01-2014, 05:22 PM

Do they usually head south mid september from this area? Seeing more bees than hummers at the feeders lately

Winterharborway · 09-01-2014, 06:27 PM

I've only seen females the last few days. Tantrum shpukd be heading out on the next two weeks

GTO · 09-02-2014, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by minni on winni

Do they usually head south mid september from this area? Seeing more bees than hummers at the feeders lately

Past 2 weekends the yellow jackets have been inside my feeders. Some times the humming bird will stick his beak in for a drink and will have to back off to let the bee's out

08-10-2014, 06:50 PM	#1
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,609 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,479 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,084 Posts	Good success. Just a basic feeder available anywhere for $10 or so. Make your own food...4 parts water, 1 part sugar. Boil the water and stir the sugar in until dissolved. You can use red food color or not. I use it cuz it is pretty . Sent from my GT-P5210 using Tapatalk __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!! Last edited by upthesaukee; 08-10-2014 at 09:25 PM. Reason: correct the mixture..4 parts H2O, 1 part sugar. boil as well.

09-01-2014, 12:11 PM	#3
RLW Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alton Bay on the mountain by a lake Posts: 2,023 Thanks: 563 Thanked 444 Times in 311 Posts	Just a note from Alton Mountain. We have not seen a male hummer for the past 3 or 4 days, just the young females and they are tanking up. Just thought you might be interested. __________________ There is nothing better than living on Alton Mountain & our grand kids visits.

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Winterharborway Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 32 Thanks: 18 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hummingbirds I've only seen females the last few days. Tantrum shpukd be heading out on the next two weeks

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09-01-2014, 05:22 PM	#4
minni on winni Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 105 Thanks: 184 Thanked 21 Times in 16 Posts	Do they usually head south mid september from this area? Seeing more bees than hummers at the feeders lately