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Willowley
14 y
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I've been trying to get some pictures of all my hummingbird feeders with the birdies flying around by the hundreds, literally, hundreds. I've got nine 32oz. feeders that I have to fill once each and every day and at least 4 or 5 of those feeders twice a day. I know, it's hard to believe, in fact no one I know actually does believe me until they see them lol. We're going through almost 30 pounds of sugar a week now, right at about 26 pounds. It really is an amazing sight to behold but at the same time it's loads of work! I'll be glad to see the cold weather lol!
Since I can't get a good picture of the hummers because they move so fast and they're so darn small I decided to post some pics of some of the other wildlife we feed.
These are the first of tonight's deer who come every night for their fill of corn, we feed them 5 gallons a night. Sometimes we have as many as 12-15 at one time and when they have their babies they bring them (most always twins) and they play with each other romping and jumping and just having a great time while their moms eat. I LOVE to watch them. There is one little girl that doesn't run when I have to go out on the deck and fill the feeders, she just stands and watches me then goes back to eating when I go in.
I opened the french door and went out on the deck and took these pictures, I was very quiet.
What a coincidence, I'm in Tennessee lol.
Up until a few years ago I had that same problem with the bees. It got to the point where you couldn't even see the red base because there were hundreds of bees all over it. I had to start slapping them off and in the process I broke several feeders. Even though I had so many feeders I felt like the birds weren't getting what they needed because they literally couldn't get to the ports because of the bees.
So, I did some research and found out that when bees become a problem you can use 3/4 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water instead of 1 cup of sugar to 4 cups of water. The birds get enough of what they need and it isn't sweet enough for the bees so they leave. Through the years I've learned that the bees are only around for about a 3-4 week period so when they start congregating on the feeders I lower the ratio of sugar to water and the bees leave. As soon as they take off I go back to the normal ratio of sugar to water.
Love the smell of honeysuckle! And Fireflies have always fascinated me since I was a little girl, we used to come to Tennessee to visit my grandmother and I'd love to sit and watch the Fireflies, still do. I found out a couple of years ago that our county pays kids to capture the Fireflies for research, that made me kinda sad ;(
LOL, we do get some buck that look like they could be moose lololol. All the hunters we know are upset with us because we won't allow them to sit on our deck and go hunting!
I bet it's beautiful in Sweden, even without the Hummingbirds. I'm jealous because you're where you get lots of one of my very favorite things, snow.
Willow
