Vampire Hummingbirds
Aug 23, 2019 20:18:53 #
Are these vampire hummingbirds?
By the way... this is by no means meant to distract from the strikingly beautiful hummingbird pictures I have seen on UHH... I just thought it was a laugh... and I borrowed this picture from a friend's post... did not take this picture myself.
By the way... this is by no means meant to distract from the strikingly beautiful hummingbird pictures I have seen on UHH... I just thought it was a laugh... and I borrowed this picture from a friend's post... did not take this picture myself.
Aug 23, 2019 20:36:02 #
That feeder is probably killing hummingbirds. The sugar water has to be kept clean and fresh. It grows bacteria very quickly in warm weather and harms/kills hummers. Please tell your friend.
Aug 23, 2019 20:58:42 #
Retired CPO wrote:
That feeder is probably killing hummingbirds. The sugar water has to be kept clean and fresh. It grows bacteria very quickly in warm weather and harms/kills hummers. Please tell your friend.
Aug 24, 2019 10:14:20 #
the water does not grow bacteria. The sugar ferments and the water start having some alcohol.
I agree that the feeder should be kept clean and the liquid refreshed but I doubt the killing. The bird first tastes and feeds after.
I agree that the feeder should be kept clean and the liquid refreshed but I doubt the killing. The bird first tastes and feeds after.
Aug 24, 2019 10:27:06 #
sergio wrote:
the water does not grow bacteria. The sugar ferments and the water start having some alcohol.
I agree that the feeder should be kept clean and the liquid refreshed but I doubt the killing. The bird first tastes and feeds after.
I agree that the feeder should be kept clean and the liquid refreshed but I doubt the killing. The bird first tastes and feeds after.
Aug 24, 2019 10:30:21 #
Happened to us regularly when we lived in southern AZ - we had to take down the feeders at night and hide them on the back patio or the bats would empty them completely.
Aug 24, 2019 11:38:44 #
cdayton wrote:
Happened to us regularly when we lived in southern AZ - we had to take down the feeders at night and hide them on the back patio or the bats would empty them completely.
This was new to me... I had never heard of this till I saw the picture and posted it.
Aug 24, 2019 13:05:52 #
sergio wrote:
the water does not grow bacteria. The sugar ferments and the water start having some alcohol.
I agree that the feeder should be kept clean and the liquid refreshed but I doubt the killing. The bird first tastes and feeds after.
I agree that the feeder should be kept clean and the liquid refreshed but I doubt the killing. The bird first tastes and feeds after.
Well OK, but Cornell's Ornithology Lab warns that as the sugar water ferments it encourages the growth of mold, mildew and BACTERIA that can be harmful or fatal to hummingbirds. Just saying.
Aug 24, 2019 15:11:28 #
Bacteria and water fungi and algae will grow in the feeders.
Up to me, I would be glad to have flower feeding bats visiting. Not as cute, but they are part of nature and interesting in their own right.
Up to me, I would be glad to have flower feeding bats visiting. Not as cute, but they are part of nature and interesting in their own right.
Aug 24, 2019 18:17:14 #
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
Bacteria and water fungi and algae will grow in the feeders.
Up to me, I would be glad to have flower feeding bats visiting. Not as cute, but they are part of nature and interesting in their own right.
Up to me, I would be glad to have flower feeding bats visiting. Not as cute, but they are part of nature and interesting in their own right.
Me too!
Aug 25, 2019 19:04:39 #
Aug 26, 2019 10:09:47 #
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