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Isn't it illegal to bait game? I google recipes and all I found was how to feed them, not how to cook them.






Just kidding, they are beautiful. I saw a couple in the past few weeks. I usually see a lot more, but a lot of stuff bloomed early and I may have missed them.

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18 minutes ago, BigK said:

Isn't it illegal to bait game? I google recipes and all I found was how to feed them, not how to cook them.






Just kidding, they are beautiful. I saw a couple in the past few weeks. I usually see a lot more, but a lot of stuff bloomed early and I may have missed them.

I was late getting my feeders out last year but still had about 15 birds take up residence here for the summer until the Fall migration. When I see th bird on one of my 4 feeders I have up I will put up the other 4 I have. My problem last year was piss ants taking over the feeders and it was a constant fight to keep them away. My son in law finally found the nest and he poisoned the nest and that helped.

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5 hours ago, BigK said:

Isn't it illegal to bait game? I google recipes and all I found was how to feed them, not how to cook them.






Just kidding, they are beautiful. I saw a couple in the past few weeks. I usually see a lot more, but a lot of stuff bloomed early and I may have missed them.

Hummingbird cake is delicious. Not sure how many Hummingbirds go into it though.

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Well, had to clean out the feeders today, as I'm making their food, here comes one and feeds out of the old food, probably giving me a bad yelp review now. 🤣  I change it out once a week until I start getting birds, then they decide when, 2-3 days last year.

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I like hummingbirds, so I have no idea why I never thought to get hummingbird feeders. 

Now if there was such a thing as dragonfly feeders, my wife would lose her mind. She's absolutely foolish over them.

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12 hours ago, BigK said:

I like hummingbirds, so I have no idea why I never thought to get hummingbird feeders. 

Now if there was such a thing as dragonfly feeders, my wife would lose her mind. She's absolutely foolish over them.

Dragonflies breed in still or slow moving water and eat bugs.  So you need a nearby pond and neighbors who don't spray their yard with insecticide.  

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I went through 15 pounds of sugar last year and was late getting my feeders up. I have 25 pounds of sugar for this year and will change water once a week unless they get to low from birds and then I will fill them sooner. I have not seen any birds yet but I see the levels in the feeders are dropping. I think they are feeding early before I get up. Once it gets hot they will feed off and on all day and I will sit out on the deck and watch them and their antics about fussing over the feeders.

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1 minute ago, BigK said:

What about gnats/flies? Do the feeders attract them too?

I have not had any issues with those but a wasp will show up once in a while and I have a fly swatter to deal with them if I see them on the feeder.

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17 minutes ago, BigK said:

Is there such thing as too late to put out feeders? If I got some now, recon I'd still see some hummingbirds?

I don't know if there is a too late time but I think as long as you can have them out by May you should get some birds.

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1 hour ago, bersaguy said:

I have not had any issues with those but a wasp will show up once in a while and I have a fly swatter to deal with them if I see them on the feeder.

I have to kill a praying mantis a couple of times a year. They will kill your birds!

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