At our house downy woodpeckers are drinking the water from the “ant moat” that
the hummingbird feeder hangs from.
> On Jul 30, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Geo Kloppel wrote:
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> If squirrels don’t have easy access to your roof, you might try what has
> worked well at my house for many years: the
If squirrels don’t have easy access to your roof, you might try what has worked
well at my house for many years: the hummingbird feeders are suspended from the
eaves troughs on long hangers of the type used for flower baskets.
-Geo
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Also I’m thinking further about this and realizing that the sources of fruit
that squirrels and chipmunks relish in our yard including cornus kousa fruits
and other berries are very dried up so they’re all possibly missing natural
sugars.
Linda Orkin
> On Jul 30, 2022, at 10:51 AM, Linda
...@list.cornell.edu
On Behalf Of Linda Orkin
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2022 10:52 AM
To: Catharine O'Neill
Cc: Barbara B. Eden ; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Hummingbird feeders & unwanted guests
I just want to remind all that we are in very dry conditions and all sources of
li
I just want to remind all that we are in very dry conditions and all sources of
liquid will be more essential for each creature. Their motivation to learn must
be very elevated.
All guests are considered to be co habitants on the land we share and all are
welcome here. But we do have an
The little teardrop feeder from Agway works. I mix four tbl. hot water and one
tbl. sugar every three days. No squirrels or ants feed there, just
hummingbirds. I have chipmunks but not ted squirrels.
Catharine
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> On Jul 30, 2022, at 7:46 AM, Barbara B. Eden wrote:
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