Whenever possible when parked we make an effort to feed the birds. Just something we enjoy. I started way back when in Oregon City one winter when it looked like the birds were hungry and the weather was crap. I just looked in my National Geographic Birds of North America and counted 159 different birds that we have checked off. Admittedly we have an advantage in lifestyle. That is never more true when you consider our winter home in the Rio Grande Valley. I think it is said there is a greater variety of birds there than anywhere in the country. Sooo……….. We’re here in Upper Stamp Creek on the banks of Allatoona lake in northwest Georgia and haven’t seen a bird at our feeders yet. And I know they’re here. I can hear them. Cardinals, finches, and all sorts of LBJ’s (little brown jobs). A few weeks into it I have given up on the birds here. Don’t know what is up???
Not so with the hummers. There are Ruby Throated hummingbirds here and they are making up for the absence of other birds. I’m filling our little feeders every day. Our big feeder lasts 3 or 4 days but not the small ones. Now I’m sending out a request for sugar to make more nectar. We’ve got some real piglets here. Kat got a couple more little feeders and the hummers found them right away. As a matter of fact when I put out our first feeder the response was almost immediate. I made some nectar, filled the feeder, and hung it on the window awning. I walked around the front of the MH came in and put the rest of the nectar in the frig turned toward the window and there was a hummer at the feeder. No lie! I’m a pretty good cook and even make a fair batch of nectar but that was a real surprise! I don’t figure it was more than a minute. And now we have hummingbirds chasing each other around fighting over the feeders. I store the nectar in the frig and fill feeders as needed. Like I said, the response here is immediate. You would think that the little guys would get ‘brain freeze’ sucking that cold stuff up so quickly? Obviously not here. What a bunch of porkers! …………….SEND SUGAR!!!
Not so with the hummers. There are Ruby Throated hummingbirds here and they are making up for the absence of other birds. I’m filling our little feeders every day. Our big feeder lasts 3 or 4 days but not the small ones. Now I’m sending out a request for sugar to make more nectar. We’ve got some real piglets here. Kat got a couple more little feeders and the hummers found them right away. As a matter of fact when I put out our first feeder the response was almost immediate. I made some nectar, filled the feeder, and hung it on the window awning. I walked around the front of the MH came in and put the rest of the nectar in the frig turned toward the window and there was a hummer at the feeder. No lie! I’m a pretty good cook and even make a fair batch of nectar but that was a real surprise! I don’t figure it was more than a minute. And now we have hummingbirds chasing each other around fighting over the feeders. I store the nectar in the frig and fill feeders as needed. Like I said, the response here is immediate. You would think that the little guys would get ‘brain freeze’ sucking that cold stuff up so quickly? Obviously not here. What a bunch of porkers! …………….SEND SUGAR!!!
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