I guess my question is whether it's necessary to control the ants? Do they stop the birds from feeding?
Deb From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Donohue Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 5:23 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <[email protected]> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Ant Guard Permethrin, the active ingredient in Ant Guard, has its own issues, especially relevant in a conversation where a drop of Dawn is pilloried. (Did I write that?) I have a friend (she's be welcomed here) who was despondent over the years she'd used a colored mix to feed her beloved hummingbirds - when she learned the horrible way she was systematically poisoning them (she thought). Ease up on the scare stuff. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
