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Why Did My Hummingbirds Go Away?
Now that feeders are slowing down, people are sad and want to know what has happened to their birds. The situation with hummingbirds is not out of the ordinary. Their typical pattern in the Kansas City area is: 1) The males arrive first and seek out good food source that will be enticing to the ladies.2) He defends the feeder vigorously against any other males.3) The ladies arrive and he chases them about and "flirts" with them. Hoping they will select him (and your area) for nesting.4) The females go out and build the nest, lay eggs and raise the young...
Hummingbird Feeding Tips
There is a great deal of misunderstanding about hummingbird and oriole feeders. I think a lot of it has to do with the fill it and leave it nature of most other types of feeders. I have customers who have confessed to filling their hummingbird feeders in April and leaving them for weeks and even months. They couldn’t understand why they hadn’t seen any hummingbirds. Have you ever left Kool Aid in the refrigerator too long, never mind out in the sun? Would you drink it with mold floating around in it? Help your hummers out by: Keeping your feeder...