When to put up hummingbird feeders?

   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #21  
Gold finches and starlings haven't arrived yet.

Watched a couple Starlings hitting the suet Sunday mourning and the wife just mentioned seeing seeing a female Gold Finch today.
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #22  
You guys ever get any other birds on your feeders ?

I've caught my Juncos taking a quick sip many times.

We have 4-5 different species of wood peckers. Canaries, Cardinals, Blue Herons, King Fishers, Red Tail Hawks. I see the Horned Owls both day and night. We know the pair of American Bald Eagles are close when all the other birds disappear, and it gets real quiet. Here's a picture of one of the peckers.

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Bats are not birds, but they are very interesting to watch as well.
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #23  
Watched a couple Starlings hitting the suet Sunday mourning and the wife just mentioned seeing seeing a female Gold Finch today.

We expect the starlings anytime.....when they show.....we suddenly have hundreds dive bombing. The finches are my favorites......we use the suet socks and there are times you'll see 30 to 40 birds hanging there......beautiful! Send them over to the southwest part of the state......we're ready! :thumbsup:
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #24  
You guys ever get any other birds on your feeders ?

I've caught my Juncos taking a quick sip many times.

Sorry, I should of been specific, I meant at the humming bird feeders.
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #26  
oh, mostly ants then... :rolleyes:

Don't forget the bees.

I use feeders like Mousefield posted (post #11), only minus the bee guards. (my hummers can't seem to figure out the guards.)

The stupid yellowjackets I just thump in the back of the head when their not looking.
But one time we did have a huge amount of honey bees on one of them. So many you couldn't see the base of the feeder.
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #27  
How much feed you guys go thru ?, we're up to about a quart a day.

The feeder on the woods side of the house they hit the hardest. Little over a day and it's almost empty. The other 2 not so much.

I'd imagine Kco is close to a gallon a day ?
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #28  
We have Starlings year 'round. I saw my first Scissor Tail this morning, and the Purple Martins are back, so Spring should be here! Also noticed the pecans beginning to leaf out.
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #29  
Will, I can get by with a quart and a half in 3 feeders for over a week here in the part of Texas I am now. When I was in Colorado, a quart lasted about 2-3 days in 1 feeder.
 
   / When to put up hummingbird feeders? #30  
Around here, when the hummers get active, it is nothing to go through a gallon every 24-48 hours! Have to have multiple (3-4) feeders, as they are not good at sharing.
 

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