Re: [mou-net] hummingbirds

[Tom Crumpton]

I take a different tact.  I have 2 individual feeders out of site of the 
third feeding station (which has 5 feeders).  I have the opportunity to 
see 10-15 commonly and up to 20 hummingbirds at a time (guesstimate).  I 
go through a pound of sugar a day at the peak of the feeding season.  I 
live by water which may help.  I have also been feeding at this location 
on the Canadian border for about 15 years.  The individual feeders are 
defended and sometimes a bird will attempt to defend the "feeding 
station".  The shear numbers at this station make defense of it 
unrewarding is my guess.
I still had 6-8 feeding at one time yesterday. 
Tom Crumpton

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