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My Hummingbirds should be heading south in the next week or so! So I won't have to make their food anymore! Yeah! πŸŽ‰ I have been making it every 1-2 wks since April!

Or so I thought! 🀣

I look up, and look again... Are you kidding me? πŸ€£πŸ˜‚ I now have a woodpecker at the hummingbird feeder! πŸ™ƒπŸ€£

πŸ€—πŸ’•πŸŒ 

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falalalala profile image
falalalala

..and it will tell its friends.

Have you ever seen a praying mantis on the feeder? I was told they will "get" hummingbirds! I couldn't believe it.:(

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Jesmcd2CommunityAmbassadorβ€’ in reply tofalalalala

I have blue jays and black birds and mega crows for that! 🀣 But no, never have seen one by feeder. Ick! πŸ€—πŸ’•πŸŒ 

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falalalalaβ€’ in reply toJesmcd2

I haven't seen one when I had the feeder up but one landed on my husband and I freaked out.🀣

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Who can blame them, Jesmcd2 ! When someone is offering a tasty buffet…

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hairbrain4

You are a good bird Mom!β€οΈπŸ¦…

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Sandydemopβ€’ in reply tohairbrain4

Jesmcd2 is a great bird mom. who else would cook for the birds?

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Jesmcd2CommunityAmbassadorβ€’ in reply toSandydemop

Ugg! πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ€—πŸ’•πŸŒ 

erash profile image
erash

do squirrels steal the hummingbird nectar? We haven’t found a squirrel proof bird feeder. Maybe we should try hummingbird feeder. Then we’d invite ur hb to Fla πŸ˜€

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply toerash

I haven't had trouble with squirrels, but a single raccoon can easily drain 2 large feeders every single night. Ask me how I know.

erash profile image
erashβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

so...you have some cute raccoon photos? 😊

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NorasMomβ€’ in reply toerash

Not so cute, and the picture's not too clear. It was somewhere around midnight. That hexagon is a hanging feeder that's normally flat. He got everything out of it and emptied the tiny porch swing, which had a brand new block of suet as well as seed. He smashed the 18" pottery water dish all over the porch, then he carried off my dinnerplate-sized ashtray and tried to wash it, complete with butts, in the wading pool that I'd just filled with fresh water. It wasn't until the next afternoon that I discovered he'd drained the hummingbird feeders, too, and I mistakenly fed him a second night.

But we did have some adorable babies a few weeks later! They weren't even 6" long, scampering so close to a mother that wasn't much bigger that it took me a minute to figure out what they were. They were all most unhappy to find me sitting on the porch, so they climbed the nearest tree and chattered at me for a while.

Raccoon raiding bird feeder
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erashβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

Oh my! πŸ™€

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Jesmcd2CommunityAmbassadorβ€’ in reply toNorasMom

Awww!!! πŸ€—πŸ’•πŸŒ 

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Jesmcd2CommunityAmbassadorβ€’ in reply toerash

No the squirrels don't go for the HB feeder, but they will go through my feeder if I don't toss some on the ground for them πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

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Morllyn

The sugary liquid can attract ants 🐜 and woodpeckers love ants. Or maybe he just loves sweet things!πŸ˜†

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whwiechm

Our hummingbirds are just about all gone. We have two feeders for them and one is exactly like yours. Sad to see them go, but they'll be back again.

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Jesmcd2CommunityAmbassadorβ€’ in reply towhwiechm

I will be sad when they leave, πŸ™ but there are a pair of young cardinals that are hanging around!πŸ™‚ And loud blue jays!πŸ˜‚πŸ€—πŸ’•πŸŒ 

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whwiechm

Yes, we have blue jays and cardinals also, but mostly blackbirds and redwing blackbirds. Also chickadees and finches. Sorry to see some go south, but they will be back because my wife is a soft touch for every creature in the area, turkeys, deer, cranes, squirrels, rabbits, etc.

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Jesmcd2CommunityAmbassadorβ€’ in reply towhwiechm

I like you're wife!πŸ€£πŸ˜­πŸ˜‚ I have all of those too! Mostly in the spring. Although im a firm believer in the bird's have to do their job to!🀣 Like eat the bugs and spider's and worms! So I don't fill it all the time!πŸ˜‚πŸ˜­πŸ€£πŸ€—πŸ’•πŸŒ 

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Sagesewer

Everybody needs a drink now and then!πŸ™‚.

I used to have a problem with lizards on the pole where I hung the feeder. The pests would not listen when I told them the nectar was not for tfem…. So I got a spray bottle with water and sprayed near them.πŸ˜‚. Did the trick!

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kycmary

I haven'i seen a woodpecker at my H birds feeder but those big bees with the black behinds sure like the sweet juice.

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BlanketTime1

didn't you know? your house is the 'in' bird hangout!πŸ˜ƒ

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