Everytime I get on youtube and I see your picture, it puts a smile on me seeing what a sweetheart you are and click on one of your videos. You so sweet.
I waited al summer for hummingbirds to use our freders & finally hummingbirds are visiting since November & due to autumn & winter around the corner thus nectar & food rather scarce. I have been reading up & watching videos caring for Hummingbirds thinking they all migrated but saw some one local had posted a photo of a wee darling gorgeous hummingbird sitting on frozen rain ( freezing rain in BC 2018 ) iced branch with berries encased like glass - so I have been learning a lot & my BF didn't know much about caring for plants or birds lol & since meeting me learning lots about caring for plants & our wild life . I like your video its simple & informative.
I'm glad you have Gary to help you when you need it. I want to hang a few more feeders and use the great ideas you have given us. There were 3 hooks already in place around the edge of my porch, which is a large porch and I use them. The porch is not ground level, but at least 6ft off the ground. My problem is that I'm 71 and using a ladder is scary, as I nearly fell over the rail once trying to screw in another hook. It's just me here, with my dogs. There are a lot of cats around, so I'm afraid to use the shepherds hooks that go into the ground. I used a chain between the feeders I have hanging and that helps, it's not a long piece of chain, but was able to hang 2 more feeders. Any way, thank you for your videos, I have learned a lot!!
Thank you I didn't know they didn't like feeding in rain I will fix my three feeders for my hummingbirds. I really appreciate you telling me. God bless you. I really wish they would be around all year.
You are so right😉 i have feeders under eaves and some not. Like you, in the rainy season, i too put plates.. like.. over (certain height's) so that the rain doesn't let them get wet( or their food ) if the plate isn't sturdy, then it will fill up with rain & tip over so make sure it is good & tightly screwed/tied/bolted/etc😁 ❣️ Love my birds too❣️
I love your videos on the humming birds! I thought I had lost one of my humming birds last week. The birds are around my front door all through the day, I sit and watch them alot from inside. Last week one flew into my front glass door and fell to the deck floor. He stayed there for about 15 minutes just barely fluttering his wings. Then he finally got on his feet and just stood in one spot for another 10 minutes. But then he flew off! I sure was glad that he was able to fly away. So scared that it was going to lay there and die. They are so beautiful, I love them to death. Tfs
No, Jewish Princess, because I have always been told it's best not to handle small wild life, due to diseases you can get from them and also, you could do more harm than good if handling them. But I did keep my 3 dogs away from it. So I guess I did the right thing. Thank goodness!
@@susiecausey4490 The main thing is to keep cats and dogs away from them when this happens. I will say, I have seen this before, and what I usually do is move them to a safe place, lie them on a towel, and just be sure to wash your hands, Thanks, Robbie
Thank you so much for sharing this tip! I watched this video yesterday and today it was raining. I couldn't find a proper plastic lid so I used a large sheet of aluminum foil and folded in half to make it more durable. It worked so well and the hummingbirds loved it! I am going to find a better plastic cover for the birds for the coming raining season. :)
Hi Mrs. Robbie, thank you for these videos, you are so knowledgeable when it comes to these little hummingbirds, and I really enjoy watching your videos, sending you much love and blessings from north county San Diego!!!
I'm in Illinois, I dont assume they will stay much into the winter. Love watching all your hummingbirds and thanks for the tips with the rain. Looking forward to next hummingbird season!
I'm in TN, just north of Memphis. We get freezing temps, ice and some snow in the winter. I don't know if they'll stay around ... guess I'll find out this winter.
I make feeder canopies from 10" plastic flower pot saucers. I poke a 1/4" hole in the center and use two 1/4-20 x 2" eyebolts joined with a 7/8" coupling nut for hanging. Sandwiching the saucer between two large fender washers eliminates stress on the plastic. I also add an ant-moat made from the bottom of a half-litre soda bottle. Coating the threads of the eyebolts and coupling nut with petroleum jelly before assembly makes the ant-cup water tight. They are easily taken apart to replace the saucer or cup if necessary. I have a small year-round population of Costa's hummers and the canopies have so far been exposed to the harsh southwestern desert sun for 2-years continuous with no sign of deterioration. Walmart has a line of 10" polypropylene dinner plates that would also make nice looking canopies. - waw -
I like ur videos u give me a lot of good ideas to feed my hummingbirds I put up my third feeder I put a feeder buy my window the is in direct sunlight I made some new nextar I’m going to freeze so I going to freeze the nextar into cubs and put the cube into the feeder to keep it cool but I’m going to get a sunshade for it I’m going to get a frisbee and put it over it over the feeder to shade it
Sounds great there with you, check out this video, may give you ideas on shade, DIY Hummingbird Feeder Shade Cover HOT SUN or Rain, HUMMINGBIRDS Feeding Nectar, Gardening w/Birds th-cam.com/video/qRrURoIx7EA/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like you are doing great there, Try this: How to STOP Hummingbirds Fighting at Hummingbird Feeder Protect from Sun & Predators & Bird Blinder th-cam.com/video/ewS7UAI1maM/w-d-xo.html
I used a large pot lid that I bought from thrift store. I also made a heater to attach to bottom of feeder for those cold days. We have the Anna hummingbirds here west coast of BC
Thanks Robbie. We have been using your recipe and we're up to four feeders now. We live in the country in West Texas,and at first it was just one or two hummingbirds. Ive counted up to six at one time . They seem to feed in numbers mostly in the morning and at dusk.
Perfect, during the day they are finding food, and they come to you to start their day and finish for the long night, thanks for sharing all this, Robbie
Such beautiful little gems - just love 'em. :) But we've had some cold nights already here in the Philly area and all our little warm-weather friends have flown away, 'though we had so many over the summer. Dh saw a wooly bear caterpillar the other day, almost all black, and we often hear geese flying south now - signs of early (and perhaps a longer) winter for us. Southern CA stays warm enough to keep the li'l gems year round, I guess, so I'll enjoy your videos even more in winter, Robbie!
We got some rain here today as well and I was wondering how to feed these darlings this winter.....gonna have to get creative cause I don’t have a lot of space may have to move some plants and put more feeders on my window......thanks for all your great advice and info!!
In the late summer my family and I set up our first hummingbird feeder. We follow the sugar and water ratio and it works great. We had to relocate the feeder do to ants, mouse and family cat attacking the feeder. Ant moat purchase is good tip.
This was my question I asked you about on messenger a couple weeks ago but they aren’t very popular yet. That people are using over the feeders out in the open to keep the rain off and suppose to help keep the nectar from spoiling as quickly. But they are making them with red bowls instead. I’ve been skeptical about using a round red bowl because of them possibly hitting the thin edges of the bowl and getting hurt. Especially if they’re fighting over feeders. And also wasn’t sure how well a red bowl would help keep the heat from the sun from spoiling the nectar as fast. I like your idea with the lids better! They don’t look dangerous like the bowls. Have they also helped keep your nectar from spoiling as fast? Thanks for giving me a better idea to use!😁❤️
@Monil Patel I knew not to spray anything, and we also have alot of ants in Florida. I saw another video where you put a blocker, maybe such as your umbrella, not sure now. But my 2 page question wasn't answered, that was the most important to me, with all the animals an stuff. I want them sooo bad! Have just about everything else...if you read it..thank you for responce!💕
@Monil Patel thanks for the tips but my feeders are in the shade and get washed in hot soapy beach water at least once a week. We don't spray. But I do thank you for responding. I may move them under a tree. 🐝
@@carolmacdonald7781 Bees can not get to the sugar water if your feeder has "bee guards". Make sure that during the time your bees are looking for extra food, that you only use hummingbird feeders with built in Bee Guards, that should keep all bees away. Bees here will feed in the sun or shade, but you can move the feeder, and that will throw them off, as they do create a flight pattern, and will have to find it again if you move it. That should do the trick, thanks, Robbie
Robbie~Question. I don't have any cats, but are cats a threat if you feed hummingbirds. Also, I watched a pair of mourning doves raise 2 babies on my downspout in June. The parents love the seeds that my oyster plants and a certain yellow type of Daisy provide seeds provide everyday for them. I went away for 9 weeks. Now in September they are not around the 2 plants that they love. Yesterday I saw a young hawk and we also have adult Hawks. I wondered if they got the adults and young mourning doves. There are a pair down the block, but they don't seem to have any of their favorite flowering seeds in their yard. Where did mine go? Can you do a episode on animal threats to hummingbirds? Dawn from Florida
Hi! Just hit the subscribe button! Love nature! Live in Florida, have one feeder, with no luck. Then I read they don't come around alot of animal activity, have appox8 squirrels, 9 morning doves, did have a pair of cardinals, but afer 4 days of continuing rain, never saw them again.😞 and couldn't tell you how many blue jays! Some squirrels like the patio nut mixture, some like the black sunflower seeds only,and of course some have the whole peanuts! Quite a project. We also have lizards, so cute,an friendly,feed them dried meal worms, they love them,one will sit on my shoe! SOOOO, thinking if I move the hummingbird feeder closer under the eaves then maybe the animal won't scare them, as there is a 4 foot concrete wall surrounding my patio. Yeah! Have a ton of plants, even a birdbath. Do you suggest the red sugar that is made for them, or to make my own nector? Do you think they will come, if I place it better, or too much activity with all the other animals eating all at the same time? Really need to know. Had one, then no more...HELP!! Want them also!! So bad!!
I live in Pucon Chile. I relocated here from Northern California (Lake Almanor) 5 years ago with my daughter, son-in-law and 4 grandchildren moved here from San Diego. We have alot of hummingbirds in this area. We are now going into spring so they are more actively feeding on all the blossoms of this rain forest. My question is, how is it cane sugar is good for them when it is well documented that the highly refined sugars have a direct link to MS, Cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and the list goes on and on, because a balanced PH is essential to good health with everything including our gardens. If you could explain why this sugar water is good for them instead of natural flowers I would really appreciate it. I thank you for your time.
Just so beautiful : ) Just curious Robbie 1. how do the humming birds get to the feeders when the gutters are overflowing? 2. Where would they get their "sugar water" if people don't supply it? Is sugar water comparable to the nectar in flowers?
Yes, nectar and sugar water are compatible. They will fly and find available flowers for their food. God mad them as plant pollinators. He will provide for them.
Some thoughts on hummer-syrup sugar content: Botanists express flower-nectar sugar content as the percentage of sugar by weight NOT by volume. Hummers prefer flowers with a sugar content from about 26 to 35% by weight and prefer sucrose over fructose. For the classic 1:4 sugar + water mix, a cup of granulated cane (sucrose) sugar weighs 200 grams; four cups of cold water weighs 946 grams. The combined 1:4 mix weighs 1146 grams at 17% sucrose by weight - 9% short of the preferred sugar content range. A 1.5:4 mix contains 300g sugar and weighs 1246g at 24% sugar by weight; closer to, but still short of the minimum preferred sugar content. Raising the mix to 2:4 gives 400g sugar, 946g water, 1346g total at 30% sugar by weight. Benjamin F Tucker was the first to experiment with mass-feeding California hummers in the 1930s and 40s. His syrup mix was "half sugar, half water" (see Popular Mechanics, December 1946, p123); NOT 1:4 as claimed by The Audubon Society. A 1:1 sugar mix is 45% sugar by weight - high, but still acceptable to hummers. Beyond this I say naught except that hummers visiting feeders in my yard are well and properly fed. Reader discretion with due diligence is advised - waw -
Try this method, this is a great video I did, let me know How to STOP Hummingbirds Fighting at Hummingbird Feeder Protect from Sun & Predators & Bird Blinder th-cam.com/video/ewS7UAI1maM/w-d-xo.html
Yes, nectar from flowers and sugar water are similar in the energy they provide. They will fly and find available flowers for their food. God mad them as plant pollinators. He will provide for them. We just like to help so they stick around!
That's not redundancy ,that's real person Robbie charm. She just tries to be very informative and does a unscripted narrative. Besides I'm a little thick and the repetition helps me remember it.
So happy to have found you...what a joy to watch your hummingbird videos...GREAT TIPS!! Thanks for sharing.
Everytime I get on youtube and I see your picture, it puts a smile on me seeing what a sweetheart you are and click on one of your videos. You so sweet.
I so love following your videos. I love seeing your hummingbirds.
Love Love Love your videos!! You are giving me some great ideas! Thank you so much!!
Your hummingbirds are such good actors. 😎😎😎
That they are, Thanks, Robbie
Good idea. Adorable hummingbirds... :)
Awe....just a beautiful sight to see. Thank you my friend...😊
Thank you! Robbie
Oh Robbie you're always full of great ideas! Thank you for caring so much for the hummies. They are wonderful little angels!
Tiny Angels is so true, thanks, Robbie
Awesomeness.
I love hummingbirds
They are such a joy to watch
Beautiful porch. Great video on adjusting for the cooler and wetter temps. Love my kitchen feeder.
I try to keep them happy, Thanks so much, Robbie
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I heard that during colder temps, the ratio of sugar to water should change. What do you do?
My hummingbirds in Houston, TX went wild eating in the rain like crazy during the rain. They were zooming all over the place. I love your videos.
Oh, that's lovely. We got all the clouds today, but no rain.
Hi, Robbie
I just make a hole in top of a plastic bowl from the dollar store. They work great. 😊
That sounds perfect!!! Love it, Robbie
I waited al summer for hummingbirds to use our freders & finally hummingbirds are visiting since November & due to autumn & winter around the corner thus nectar & food rather scarce. I have been reading up & watching videos caring for Hummingbirds thinking they all migrated but saw some one local had posted a photo of a wee darling gorgeous hummingbird sitting on frozen rain ( freezing rain in BC 2018 ) iced branch with berries encased like glass - so I have been learning a lot & my BF didn't know much about caring for plants or birds lol & since meeting me learning lots about caring for plants & our wild life . I like your video its simple & informative.
I'm glad you have Gary to help you when you need it. I want to hang a few more feeders and use the great ideas you have given us. There were 3 hooks already in place around the edge of my porch, which is a large porch and I use them. The porch is not ground level, but at least 6ft off the ground. My problem is that I'm 71 and using a ladder is scary, as I nearly fell over the rail once trying to screw in another hook. It's just me here, with my dogs. There are a lot of cats around, so I'm afraid to use the shepherds hooks that go into the ground. I used a chain between the feeders I have hanging and that helps, it's not a long piece of chain, but was able to hang 2 more feeders. Any way, thank you for your videos, I have learned a lot!!
Thank you Robbie for all the great idea's, I love that you are so caring for these little hummies, I just love them and love butterflies also.
Thank you I didn't know they didn't like feeding in rain I will fix my three feeders for my hummingbirds. I really appreciate you telling me. God bless you. I really wish they would be around all year.
You are so right😉 i have feeders under eaves and some not. Like you, in the rainy season, i too put plates.. like.. over (certain height's) so that the rain doesn't let them get wet( or their food ) if the plate isn't sturdy, then it will fill up with rain & tip over so make sure it is good & tightly screwed/tied/bolted/etc😁 ❣️ Love my birds too❣️
Thanks so much, Robbie
Geeee thanks Robbie don't want winter. I only want snow for Christmas and then im good lol
you are so lucky to have gary.
I love your videos on the humming birds! I thought I had lost one of my humming birds last week. The birds are around my front door all through the day, I sit and watch them alot from inside. Last week one flew into my front glass door and fell to the deck floor. He stayed there for about 15 minutes just barely fluttering his wings. Then he finally got on his feet and just stood in one spot for another 10 minutes. But then he flew off! I sure was glad that he was able to fly away. So scared that it was going to lay there and die. They are so beautiful, I love them to death. Tfs
Did you try and help him at all?
No, Jewish Princess, because I have always been told it's best not to handle small wild life, due to diseases you can get from them and also, you could do more harm than good if handling them. But I did keep my 3 dogs away from it. So I guess I did the right thing. Thank goodness!
@@susiecausey4490 The main thing is to keep cats and dogs away from them when this happens. I will say, I have seen this before, and what I usually do is move them to a safe place, lie them on a towel, and just be sure to wash your hands, Thanks, Robbie
Great information for the rains coming . I love the idea of covering my feeders for them. Thank you for the great information my dear friend 🤗
Thanks much Robbie, love the rain! Good ideas 🤓👍
Thank you so much for sharing this tip! I watched this video yesterday and today it was raining. I couldn't find a proper plastic lid so I used a large sheet of aluminum foil and folded in half to make it more durable. It worked so well and the hummingbirds loved it!
I am going to find a better plastic cover for the birds for the coming raining season. :)
Hi Mrs. Robbie, thank you for these videos, you are so knowledgeable when it comes to these little hummingbirds, and I really enjoy watching your videos, sending you much love and blessings from north county San Diego!!!
Thank you! Robbie
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@Emanuel Isaac meh I use flixportal. just search on google after it=) -will
@Will Antonio thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :D I appreciate it !!
@Emanuel Isaac You are welcome xD
I'm in Illinois, I dont assume they will stay much into the winter. Love watching all your hummingbirds and thanks for the tips with the rain. Looking forward to next hummingbird season!
Oregon has Hummers all winter
@@evabramlet9005 how cold does it get there during the winter? That's cool though, I didnt realize anywhere in the US would have them in the winter.
I'm in TN, just north of Memphis. We get freezing temps, ice and some snow in the winter. I don't know if they'll stay around ... guess I'll find out this winter.
I make feeder canopies from 10" plastic flower pot saucers. I poke a 1/4" hole in the center and use two 1/4-20 x 2" eyebolts joined with a 7/8" coupling nut for hanging. Sandwiching the saucer between two large fender washers eliminates stress on the plastic. I also add an ant-moat made from the bottom of a half-litre soda bottle. Coating the threads of the eyebolts and coupling nut with petroleum jelly before assembly makes the ant-cup water tight. They are easily taken apart to replace the saucer or cup if necessary. I have a small year-round population of Costa's hummers and the canopies have so far been exposed to the harsh southwestern desert sun for 2-years continuous with no sign of deterioration. Walmart has a line of 10" polypropylene dinner plates that would also make nice looking canopies. - waw -
Thx!!
Love this!
Loved this video. Informative. Thank you
I like ur videos u give me a lot of good ideas to feed my hummingbirds I put up my third feeder I put a feeder buy my window the is in direct sunlight I made some new nextar I’m going to freeze so I going to freeze the nextar into cubs and put the cube into the feeder to keep it cool but I’m going to get a sunshade for it I’m going to get a frisbee and put it over it over the feeder to shade it
Sounds great there with you, check out this video, may give you ideas on shade, DIY Hummingbird Feeder Shade Cover HOT SUN or Rain, HUMMINGBIRDS Feeding Nectar, Gardening w/Birds
th-cam.com/video/qRrURoIx7EA/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like you are doing great there, Try this: How to STOP Hummingbirds Fighting at Hummingbird Feeder Protect from Sun & Predators & Bird Blinder
th-cam.com/video/ewS7UAI1maM/w-d-xo.html
I used a large pot lid that I bought from thrift store. I also made a heater to attach to bottom of feeder for those cold days. We have the Anna hummingbirds here west coast of BC
Thanks Robbie. We have been using your recipe and we're up to four feeders now. We live in the country in West Texas,and at first it was just one or two hummingbirds. Ive counted up to six at one time . They seem to feed in numbers mostly in the morning and at dusk.
Perfect, during the day they are finding food, and they come to you to start their day and finish for the long night, thanks for sharing all this, Robbie
Thank you so much for sharing this was and is wonderful...🥇🥇🥇😁
You are so welcome, thanks, Robbie
Such beautiful little gems - just love 'em. :) But we've had some cold nights already here in the Philly area and all our little warm-weather friends have flown away, 'though we had so many over the summer. Dh saw a wooly bear caterpillar the other day, almost all black, and we often hear geese flying south now - signs of early (and perhaps a longer) winter for us. Southern CA stays warm enough to keep the li'l gems year round, I guess, so I'll enjoy your videos even more in winter, Robbie!
No matter, do keep in mind they will be back, thanks, Robbie
Thank you very much. I had to put covers on mine.. it's been raining here alot
We got some rain here today as well and I was wondering how to feed these darlings this winter.....gonna have to get creative cause I don’t have a lot of space may have to move some plants and put more feeders on my window......thanks for all your great advice and info!!
The main thing in the winter months for them is food, thanks, Robbie
In the late summer my family and I set up our first hummingbird feeder. We follow the sugar and water ratio and it works great. We had to relocate the feeder do to ants, mouse and family cat attacking the feeder.
Ant moat purchase is good tip.
Beautiful informative video ty . Now did you make the mug feeders ? If so what size hole do you make for them plz ?
Hi Robbie, what camera are you using when you show the hummingbirds?
Sony HX400, I love it, thanks, Robbie
This was my question I asked you about on messenger a couple weeks ago but they aren’t very popular yet. That people are using over the feeders out in the open to keep the rain off and suppose to help keep the nectar from spoiling as quickly. But they are making them with red bowls instead. I’ve been skeptical about using a round red bowl because of them possibly hitting the thin edges of the bowl and getting hurt. Especially if they’re fighting over feeders. And also wasn’t sure how well a red bowl would help keep the heat from the sun from spoiling the nectar as fast. I like your idea with the lids better! They don’t look dangerous like the bowls. Have they also helped keep your nectar from spoiling as fast? Thanks for giving me a better idea to use!😁❤️
Hi Robbie, any suggestions for keeping yellow jackets, hornets, etc off the feeders? Thank you 💕
Yeah, would like to know that too.💕
@Monil Patel I knew not to spray anything, and we also have alot of ants in Florida. I saw another video where you put a blocker, maybe such as your umbrella, not sure now. But my 2 page question wasn't answered, that was the most important to me, with all the animals an stuff. I want them sooo bad! Have just about everything else...if you read it..thank you for responce!💕
@Monil Patel thanks for the tips but my feeders are in the shade and get washed in hot soapy beach water at least once a week. We don't spray. But I do thank you for responding. I may move them under a tree. 🐝
@@carolmacdonald7781 Bees can not get to the sugar water if your feeder has "bee guards". Make sure that during the time your bees are looking for extra food, that you only use hummingbird feeders with built in Bee Guards, that should keep all bees away. Bees here will feed in the sun or shade, but you can move the feeder, and that will throw them off, as they do create a flight pattern, and will have to find it again if you move it. That should do the trick, thanks, Robbie
Try using an umbrella over the feeders.
Robbie~Question. I don't have any cats, but are cats a threat if you feed hummingbirds.
Also,
I watched a pair of mourning doves raise 2 babies on my downspout in June. The parents love the seeds that my oyster plants and a certain yellow type of Daisy provide seeds provide everyday for them. I went away for 9 weeks. Now in September they are not around the 2 plants that they love. Yesterday I saw a young hawk and we also have adult Hawks. I wondered if they got the adults and young mourning doves.
There are a pair down the block, but they don't seem to have any of their favorite flowering seeds in their yard.
Where did mine go?
Can you do a episode on animal threats to hummingbirds?
Dawn from Florida
Hi! Just hit the subscribe button! Love nature! Live in Florida, have one feeder, with no luck. Then I read they don't come around alot of animal activity, have appox8 squirrels, 9 morning doves, did have a pair of cardinals, but afer 4 days of continuing rain, never saw them again.😞 and couldn't tell you how many blue jays! Some squirrels like the patio nut mixture, some like the black sunflower seeds only,and of course some have the whole peanuts! Quite a project. We also have lizards, so cute,an friendly,feed them dried meal worms, they love them,one will sit on my shoe! SOOOO, thinking if I move the hummingbird feeder closer under the eaves then maybe the animal won't scare them, as there is a 4 foot concrete wall surrounding my patio. Yeah! Have a ton of plants, even a birdbath. Do you suggest the red sugar that is made for them, or to make my own nector? Do you think they will come, if I place it better, or too much activity with all the other animals eating all at the same time? Really need to know. Had one, then no more...HELP!! Want them also!! So bad!!
I live in Pucon Chile. I relocated here from Northern California (Lake Almanor) 5 years ago with my daughter, son-in-law and 4 grandchildren moved here from San Diego. We have alot of hummingbirds in this area. We are now going into spring so they are more actively feeding on all the blossoms of this rain forest. My question is, how is it cane sugar is good for them when it is well documented that the highly refined sugars have a direct link to MS, Cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and the list goes on and on, because a balanced PH is essential to good health with everything including our gardens. If you could explain why this sugar water is good for them instead of natural flowers I would really appreciate it. I thank you for your time.
Just so beautiful : ) Just curious Robbie 1. how do the humming birds get to the feeders when the gutters are overflowing? 2. Where would they get their "sugar water" if people don't supply it? Is sugar water comparable to the nectar in flowers?
Yes, nectar and sugar water are compatible. They will fly and find available flowers for their food. God mad them as plant pollinators. He will provide for them.
@@dawn7612 Thanks Dawn. I don't even live in America so no humming birds : ( I was just curious : )
They can fly through water, that is now an issue. And WHITE sugar with water is the only thing that is compared to nectar, thanks, Robbie
Some thoughts on hummer-syrup sugar content: Botanists express flower-nectar sugar content as the percentage of sugar by weight NOT by volume. Hummers prefer flowers with a sugar content from about 26 to 35% by weight and prefer sucrose over fructose. For the classic 1:4 sugar + water mix, a cup of granulated cane (sucrose) sugar weighs 200 grams; four cups of cold water weighs 946 grams. The combined 1:4 mix weighs 1146 grams at 17% sucrose by weight - 9% short of the preferred sugar content range. A 1.5:4 mix contains 300g sugar and weighs 1246g at 24% sugar by weight; closer to, but still short of the minimum preferred sugar content. Raising the mix to 2:4 gives 400g sugar, 946g water, 1346g total at 30% sugar by weight. Benjamin F Tucker was the first to experiment with mass-feeding California hummers in the 1930s and 40s. His syrup mix was "half sugar, half water" (see Popular Mechanics, December 1946, p123); NOT 1:4 as claimed by The Audubon Society. A 1:1 sugar mix is 45% sugar by weight - high, but still acceptable to hummers. Beyond this I say naught except that hummers visiting feeders in my yard are well and properly fed. Reader discretion with due diligence is advised - waw -
I took a clear plastic squirrel baffler and painted the underside only, red. Hang my feeder from that.
Dawn from Florida~Makes sense not to dilute their glucose.
All four of my feeders are under shelters. I wonder here in NC if hummingbirds stay all year? If anyone knows please let me know.
Thanks 😊😊❤️☺️
Sounds perfect, You will find out soon, thanks, Robbie
are the feeders okay in our Santa Ana winds? Will they feed if they sway a bit?
Yes
During the winter, won’t it freeze? How does one feed in winter up north?
I wonder if that’s what happened to mine. The storm comes over night and next day and everyday since, no hummer are feeding 😢
U get a lot of hummers I have three feeders up now I’m getting a few more humming birds but my main one chases them away don’t know how to stop that
Try this method, this is a great video I did, let me know How to STOP Hummingbirds Fighting at Hummingbird Feeder Protect from Sun & Predators & Bird Blinder
th-cam.com/video/ewS7UAI1maM/w-d-xo.html
How do you keep all the bees away from the feeders
Yes, nectar from flowers and sugar water are similar in the energy they provide. They will fly and find available flowers for their food. God mad them as plant pollinators. He will provide for them. We just like to help so they stick around!
I’m from Long Island NY my hummingbirds left for the season:(
I think they're still around. But I need to keep changing their water cause it fteezes
Great channel n vid! But ur very redundant! Lol. 😂🤣
That's not redundancy ,that's real person Robbie charm. She just tries to be very informative and does a unscripted narrative. Besides I'm a little thick and the repetition helps me remember it.
my starling I appreciate her and we all have choices to watch or not to watch
Thank you, Love Robbie
Thank you, Love Robbie
Some things are worth repeating, DO you know how many times I am asked what the recipe is for homemade Hummingbird nectar...LOTS, thanks, Robbie