It's official!
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@89th said in It's official!:
@brenda said in It's official!:
@89th said in It's official!:
Cool! We have a hummingbird feeder we are going to put out soon.
Your first year may take longer for the hummers to find your feeders, but they eventually will. From then on, they will remember and return each season. Your kids will love when you have several hummers chasing each other. If possible, have 3 or more feeders in various locations, which will encourage more hummers to use them. That's when the real fun begins.
Bring on the hummers, I say.
I'm so glad you are starting right away this year. If the prior owners had hummingbird feeders, you will reap the benefits of that with birds already coming to your property. If they didn't feed hummers, you may also have some that already come to your neighborhood.
Your place can be the new home for females and babies that want to get away from a domineering male. The females will appreciate not getting chased away from the feeders so much when they are nesting and raising their babies.
Did you know they like little swings? I make them swings using copper wire, a small branch as a perch, and some red glass heart-shaped beads for decoration. It encourages the hummers to perch in locations where you can see them. I'll take a picture tomorrow and post it for you.
If your wife loves hummers, make her a hummingbird swing for Mothers day, and include a cute feeder. There are some art glass feeders available through Amazon. You would have it in time to give it to her for Mothers day.
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@brenda said in It's official!:
If your wife loves hummers, make her a hummingbird swing for Mothers day...
Wait, that's all it'll take?
@89th said in It's official!:
@brenda said in It's official!:
If your wife loves hummers, make her a hummingbird swing for Mothers day...
Wait, that's all it'll take?
If you make it as a family project, with her as the gift recipient and only having to decide how to decorate it, it would be a great Mother's day experience for her. A fancy feeder to go with it, and a bottle of wine as nectar for the two of you during a dinner you arrange to have delivered, would complete the best day a mom could have.
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@brenda really great advice, I appreciate the time you took to write it out and I will be referencing it! We have 2 hummingbird feeders we are going to put up soon.
@89th You are most welcome! It is important to make it a successful experience, otherwise it ends in frustration and disappointment. I wish someone had shared this type of information with me when I first attempted it 35 years ago. I had a terrible time. It took many years before I had interest in trying again, and with the internet available by that point, it was so much easier and loads more fun. I want you to have the shortcut to success with your hummers.
Post pics, please!
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Our first hummingbird feeder is up! Ordered ant moats on amazon...waiting for them to arrive.
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I don't want to hoard all the hummers. Anyone else need some? (not from me) @jon-nyc or @Aqua-Letifer ?
@89th said in It's official!:
I don't want to hoard all the hummers. Anyone else need some? (not from me) @jon-nyc or @Aqua-Letifer ?
As jon's sister can attest, getting hummers near your trees can be a very sticky experience due to the fluids you're dealing with. No thanks.
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@89th Is such a good guy. I remember hearing the story when he and Aqua were in college, 89 got really lucky at some party and got two blow jobs.
He was so considerate, when he got back home he gave one to Aqua.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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In case you are not familiar with Journey North, it's the top reporting and recording site for a number of seasonal migrations and spring season naturalist record keeping, and it's now based from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
@brenda "In case you are not familiar with Journey North, it's the top reporting and recording site for a number of seasonal migrations and spring season naturalist record keeping, . . . "
Do they also track Monarchs?
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@brenda "In case you are not familiar with Journey North, it's the top reporting and recording site for a number of seasonal migrations and spring season naturalist record keeping, . . . "
Do they also track Monarchs?
@Catseye3 said in It's official!:
@brenda "In case you are not familiar with Journey North, it's the top reporting and recording site for a number of seasonal migrations and spring season naturalist record keeping, . . . "
Do they also track Monarchs?
Yes, they do. They have numerous seasonal tracking links.
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@89th Is such a good guy. I remember hearing the story when he and Aqua were in college, 89 got really lucky at some party and got two blow jobs.
He was so considerate, when he got back home he gave one to Aqua.
@jon-nyc said in It's official!:
@89th Is such a good guy. I remember hearing the story when he and Aqua were in college, 89 got really lucky at some party and got two blow jobs.
He was so considerate, when he got back home he gave one to Aqua.
Hahahaha pretty good! 555
