[Grovenet] Hummingbirds

[Walt Wentz]

As long as the feeder itself is bright red, that seems attractive  
enough to them. I was sitting in my lookout tower one hot summer day,  
when a hummer flew in the door and started pecking at the red stripe  
painted on the fuel tank of my Coleman lantern.

On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Geri wrote:

> John, I've read that, too (many times!), but at my house, they sure  
> do prefer it. At least that's what I've learned from experience, by  
> trying it with no coloring in it. I make 3 cups of liquid at a  
> time, and it only takes a drop or two in that to make the water  
> pink enough for them to notice.
>
>
> Geri
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Welch" <jawelch at coho.net>
> To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>
>
>> I am told that one should NOT add food coloring to the sugar water.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
>> bounces at rdrop.com] On
>> Behalf Of Geri
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:36 AM
>> To: Forest Grove local interests list
>> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>>
>> One way to make homemade nectar is 1 part sugar dissolved into 4  
>> parts
>> water. You can add a tiny bit of red food coloring if you want.
>>
>> Both the Anna's (green) and the Rufous (brown) are always around,  
>> but we
>> also notice other non-Oregon natives ... passing through, I guess!  
>> It's
>> interesting to look them up and see where they may have come from;  
>> sometimes
>> the differences are pretty miniscule.
>>
>> Geri
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ayala, Kathy" <Kathy.Ayala at nike.com>
>> To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>>
>>
>>> I use a mix that I purchase at Bi-Mart, which you can get at a  
>>> lot of
>>> different stores. It works very good also and we have a quite large
>>> Brown and Green one that stays around move of the year. And then  
>>> others
>>> during the year.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
>>> bounces at rdrop.com] On
>>> Behalf Of John Welch
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:04 AM
>>> To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
>>> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>>>
>>> Just sugar water (4 or 5 to one).
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
>>> bounces at rdrop.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Steven
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:54 AM
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>>> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>>>
>>> What do you feed them to keep them round?
>>>  -----Original Message-----
>>>  From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
>>> bounces at rdrop.com]On
>>> Behalf Of Bob Browning
>>>  Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:50 AM
>>>  To: Tosca at prodigy.net; Forest Grove local interests list
>>>  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>>>
>>>
>>>  Actually, Pat and I had a couple of hummie visitors all winter,  
>>> right
>>> through the worst of December. I would have thought they would have
>>> frozen their little hummie butts off!!
>>>
>>>  bob
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