[Tweeters] King 5 News Tonight - Take down Hummingbird Feeders
Lonnie Somer
mombiwheeler at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 08:42:42 PST 2021
Hi Carolyn,
I agree. I believe that the Anna's would not survive now without these
food sources. When I put out my hummingbird feeder this morning (I took it
in last night so that the nectar wouldn't freeze) a little before sunrise,
I had 2 hummingbirds there within 5 minutes. They've been coming back
every few minutes. Normally, there is an adolescent male fiercely guarding
it (his name is Nigel; I believe that he's a reincarnated English soccer
hooligan). He displayed absolutely no aggression this morning.
Lonnie Somer
Seattle
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:42 PM Carolyn Heberlein <coheberlein at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Tweeters,
>
> I am just wondering what you all think about the story that I heard
> tonight on King 5 news about salmonella and taking down bird feeders and
> emptying bird baths. They said even hummingbird feeders should be taken
> down. Personally, I feel that my 2 pair of hummingbirds rely on the 5
> feeders in my garden for winter sustenance. If I thought they could survive
> without the nectar then I would be happy to take them down.
>
> I've never seen any bird except Anna's at my hummingbird feeders. Maybe a
> Rufous sneaked in during the summer, but I missed it.
>
> A couple months ago, I saw Pine Siskins at my thistle seed feeder. When I
> heard that they had salmonella, I stopped filling it. I saw 2 sick siskins
> but no others.
>
> I still have my suet feeders up. Many bush tits visit them as well as
> bewicks wrens and townsend warblers - even the juncos!! And of course,
> sometimes northern flickers, stellar jays, and starlings.
>
> Also, in the wintery weather that we are getting this weekend, I empty my
> bird baths every night so that they don't freeze. Then I refill them in
> the morning.
>
> I would be willing to stop all of this for the health of the birds, except
> the hummingbird feeders. I feel like my lovely Anna's might die if I didn't
> provide them some sugar water.
>
> What say you all?
>
> Thank you, Carolyn
>
>
>
> --
> Carolyn Finder Heberlein / Nana, Fremont Neighborhood, Seattle, Washington
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