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Birders

SheltieLover

(80,306 posts) Sat Aug 15, 2020, 12:02 PM Aug 2020

Hummingbird feeder question [View all]

Hi All,

So, overnight, my hummingbird feeder was vandalized. Taken from where it was hanging & thrown. All but 1 of the little yellow plastic flowers that surround the feeding holes were stolen (or thrown somewhere).

Will they still eat? TYIA!

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Hummingbird feeder question [View all] SheltieLover Aug 2020 OP

Yes,just clean up the Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #1

Yaaaaaay! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #3

Quaint fact about Hummers. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #6

Your Alpha is most likely the second generation offspring of the original, assuming he's a ruby Atticus Aug 2020 #9

Idk which which one itt is SheltieLover Aug 2020 #13

No he is a Green Back Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #14

Tyvm! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #15

Wow! That is impressive SheltieLover Aug 2020 #12

It's a tad over a 100 right now Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #29

Wow! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #30

It could be a raccoon. Our feeders were torn apart by a black bear!! LakeArenal Aug 2020 #7

Could be, but would they want just sugar water? SheltieLover Aug 2020 #16

The neighbor did. She called but by the time the bear had been through our yard. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #17

Wow! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #19

Try to find feeders with little perches LakeArenal Aug 2020 #20

Mine has perches SheltieLover Aug 2020 #22

I would Rebl2 Aug 2020 #33

Ty! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #34

We use small Rebl2 Aug 2020 #35

Ty! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #36

I've made my regular feeders difficult for squirrels redstateblues Aug 2020 #5

They are magical! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #11

Squirrel proofing... consider_this Aug 2020 #37

My guess is yes Nictuku Aug 2020 #2

I already have rehung it SheltieLover Aug 2020 #4

It always takes our hummies time to accept any changes anyway LakeArenal Aug 2020 #18

Ok! Ty! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #21

Yay. Then it's a good day❣️ LakeArenal Aug 2020 #23

Absolutely. We used to have that type of feeder, but the yellow inserts were easy to Atticus Aug 2020 #8

Ty, Atticus! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #10

You might find this interesting and helpful, especially in spring: Atticus Aug 2020 #25

Tyvm! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Aug 2020 #24

FWIW A reason we moved to Costa Rica is there are 75 varieties of hummingbirds here. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #26

Wow! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #27

Every evening we walk to the end of our mountain and spend an hour bird watching. LakeArenal Aug 2020 #31

Awesome! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #32