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How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Yard
Jun 25, 2022 18:22:34   #
Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
 
I'm not sure which category this belongs in. A lot of UHHers take pictures of hummingbirds and this is intended to facilitate that. But since it's not a picture, it doesn't belong in Photo Gallery where all the bird pictures are. If it doesn't belong here, please move it where it should go

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Jun 26, 2022 08:06:31   #
Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
 
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
I'm not sure which category this belongs in. A lot of UHHers take pictures of hummingbirds and this is intended to facilitate that. But since it's not a picture, it doesn't belong in Photo Gallery where all the bird pictures are. If it doesn't belong here, please move it where it should go

https://links.outsideresource.com/index.php/campaigns/aw124slqs1790/track-url/es2535pgdc18e/2eba11384efce57efa28366f56c379dcdc482d6b


The directions to boil the sugar water are debatable. Other authoratative sources of this information state it isn't necessary. I simply wash the feeders with very hot water between fill ups and certainly seem to have all healthy birds.

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Jun 26, 2022 17:29:44   #
philklim Loc: Harrisonburg, Va.
 
How high should the feeder be placed above the ground?
Thank you.
Phil

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Jun 26, 2022 19:44:41   #
Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
 
philklim wrote:
How high should the feeder be placed above the ground?
Thank you.
Phil


Don't know for sure, I just posted an article I thought others might appreciate. My feeder is about 5 ft off the ground and 3.5 ft above the deck it's attached to.

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Jun 26, 2022 22:02:14   #
Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
 
philklim wrote:
How high should the feeder be placed above the ground?
Thank you.
Phil


It depends on your environment but I would say as high as you can practically get them. In my environment, here in the Colorado mountains, we have bear, deer, and squirrels, all of which have been know to tear feeders off there mounts and they wind up on the ground (and I mean I have experienced that happening with all three animals). If you don't have such problems where you live the height is less important but I will still recommend as high as practical - I think the birds prefer a good distance from the ground also, being less vulnerable than if feeders are very low.

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Jun 27, 2022 21:49:26   #
Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
 
An excellent source of a wide range of information about Hmmingbirds is the Smithzonian National Zoo website. However even they do not have any info on how high to place feeders, at least not that I could find. But they do provide answers to many questions about Hummingbirds that I have found useful.

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/hummingbird-nectar-recipe#:~:text=Mix%201%20part%20sugar%20with,be%20stored%20in%20a%20refrigerator

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