Sunday, August 08, 2004

Hummingbird Wars

John thinks it's time to add a third hummingbird feeder since we now have sometimes 6 to 8 hummers fighting over the 3 feeding stations at each feeder. I agree, but they are so much fun to watch, both for us and for the kitties. I'd say we have at least a dozen of them visiting the feeders virtually all day long - certainly more than I've ever seen at one time. They seem to like my hummer sauce, which I make in a 1:4 ratio of sugar to water and without the red food coloring. It gets so windy here sometimes that we've had to weight down the feeders so that they don't swing wildly and wind up feeding that good stuff to the ants.