[Tweeters] Last minute ideas for keeping hummingbird feeders thawed

[Gene Beall]

We use two different kinds of feeder warmers.  One is a small 
clamp-style shop light with a low-wattage incandescent bulb.  The other 
is an 8-inch plastic plant pot turned upside down with little bungie 
cords to hold it to the feeder and a small low-wattage night-light bulb 
at the end of an electrical cord normally used for a little lighted 
Christmas house (small hole in the bottom of the plant pot to hold the 
bulb).  You can see photos of both of these at this Flickr link: 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gene-s_photos/?

Gene Beall
Sammamish, WA
gene.beall at gmail.com

On 12/23/21 6:17 PM, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> Vicki, we have sometimes duct-taped “Little Hotties” (little heating 

> pads) to the underside of the feeders during very cold weather. You 

> have to manipulate the pad to get it to produce heat. Maybe you know 

> about them; we use them as hand warmers sometimes.

>

> Good luck!

>

> Dennis

>

>> On Dec 23, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Vicki <vickibiltz at gmail.com 

>> <mailto:vickibiltz at gmail.com>> wrote:

>>

>> Hi,

>>  I have a rather large numbers of Anna’s here on our property. I gave 

>> 3 glass feeders and a humdinger I’m not worried about. I know to 

>> bring them in, but the temps where I live at least, are going to be 

>> pretty harsh. My husband is picking up led strings of lights to try 

>> and protect them. Any last minute ideas or tips on keeping them 

>> thawed?  I’ve always just swapped them out during the day, but can’t 

>> do that this week.

>>   I’m not even sure the lights will help.

>> Any tips are greatly appreciated

>> Vicki Biltz

>> Buckley, WA

>> Vickibiltz at gmail.com <mailto:Vickibiltz at gmail.com>

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>> vickibiltz at gmail.com <mailto:vickibiltz at gmail.com>

>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/ 

>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/saw-whets_new/>

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