Neighbor ask me if I had seen any Hummingbirds. His wife had two feeders out front of their living room window. Said he was seeing a lot of them...
Well this gave me an incentive to put up my own feeder. Found my mother's old one, cleaned it up, went on line to learn more.
Learned that cleaning is very important. Sugar water gets slimy in a few days.. The bottle I saw was impossible to clean without some kind of brush...so I opened an Amazon account just to buy a $13 brush which is suppose to do the trick.
I was trying to stay away from the monopoly giant but the brush had to be had...☹
I couldn't wait for the brush so cleaned it as good as I could with bleach, Hung it up and waited.
And it worked...
After hanging it up in front of my kitchen window I went about my business. Coming out my door I see a "big" (sic) beautiful male with the red throat right at the feeder. When he saw me he took off.
So I set up a chair a bit a ways and waited with the telephoto lens.
To say the least this old guy was thrilled....
Thanks @achoo and qurator 😊
You're welcome! :)
Ohhh that's super cool!
We had one hummingbird fly in my front window (in a 4th floor apartment) investigate my wind chime of shells, more than a few times - couldn't capture anything against the brightness of the outside except silhouettes of it! Lol - this, is big success to me! :)
Thanks they are our little wonders.. ❤
Congrats Mike! You got some good pics of him and I know you will love taking care of them this summer. We change our water every 4th day to make sure it is fresh for them.
Do you use an ant moat.. And if you do does just water keep them off or you need something stronger...??
I don't do anything to keep out the ants. Eventually, they find it and it is an endless battle so I don't fight them or the hornets either. lol
Ok thanks...
Oh! Amazing photos! I didn’t know you have special feeders for Hummingbirds. Hope you’ll get some more photos!
Should be plenty of picture opportunity...😊
Wow this is cool ! I would have been even more thrilled than the hummingbird if I was in your place ! 😄
Have to get one on other side of the house, so I don't disturb them when I come out of the house...
Good idea !
I love my hummingbird feeder they get really close it is so much fun to watch! You have a new follower:)
Cool. I'll follow you back @pinkfuzz ... Wild Nature so at it's best with the Hummers...😊
Awesome thanks and yes I agree!
I love watching the hummingbirds. We get a lot of them in our yard. Your has very beautiful colours!
Have to be fast, they only stay a few seconds.. Thanks...