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rosesandpiglets t1_iun5832 wrote

Reminder that if you have feeders out in the late fall you HAVE to keep putting them out for winter, or the wee ones can starve

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13goody13 OP t1_iun6ber wrote

Yes we have a heated one for the beach locals that stays full all year.

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Lupine-lover t1_iun8p8b wrote

I try to feed all winter. Bring the feeders in at night and put them out 1st thing in the morning.

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rosesandpiglets t1_iun8snl wrote

I’m too lazy to go out twice, so I just keep 2 feeders and rotate them every morning.

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satellite779 t1_iunkabo wrote

I think hummingbirds might expect food earlier than you're up, unless you get up really early.

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Lupine-lover t1_iunojs6 wrote

I split my time between 2 houses. I feed my hummers in SEA when I’m there. My neighbor feeds year around. My hummers, at both houses are smart enough to know when I’m home! Maybe the presence of my dogs in the yard. The feeders are empty when I get back, I fill them up and the birds are back in 1 day. I’ve been doing this for years. Hummers always have more than one source of food to go to. They check in and get a reward of food. A crow comes also as soon as he sees the dogs in the yard.

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satellite779 t1_iunk235 wrote

Even in downtown Seattle/Queen Anne?

I won't be home for a month in December/January and was wondering if hummers that got used to my feeder have alternatives. I see other feeders in the neighborhood so I hope they will be ok.

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rosesandpiglets t1_iunmy5d wrote

Yup. You need to take down feeders late summer if you don’t intend to feed them constantly.

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