Comments on: How Long Should I Leave my Hummingbird Feeders up in the Fall? http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/how-long-should-i-leave-my-hummingbird-feeder-up.html Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:06:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Annual Plants in the Wildlife Garden http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/how-long-should-i-leave-my-hummingbird-feeder-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-8464 Annual Plants in the Wildlife Garden Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:48:43 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=614#comment-8464 [...] be a little leery of planting this one too much farther south, though, no matter how much the late-migrating hummingbirds love [...] [...] be a little leery of planting this one too much farther south, though, no matter how much the late-migrating hummingbirds love [...]

]]> By: Wildlife Gardens are essential for migrating birds http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/how-long-should-i-leave-my-hummingbird-feeder-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-4700 Wildlife Gardens are essential for migrating birds Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:43:44 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=614#comment-4700 [...] if you were a teeny little bird making your way from Canada all the way to South America, and all you saw below as you winged your [...] [...] if you were a teeny little bird making your way from Canada all the way to South America, and all you saw below as you winged your [...]

]]> By: Ellen Sousa http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/how-long-should-i-leave-my-hummingbird-feeder-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-4680 Ellen Sousa Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:53:03 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=614#comment-4680 Great post - there have still been ruby-throat hummers moving through New England in the past week too...I always leave a feeder up right into November even though you usually don't see them here after late September. 7 or 8 years ago, I never got around to taking a feeder down off our sliding door, and we had a rufous hummingbird visit it in late November! In Central Mass. the week of a snowstorm!! It was a vagrant rufous - maybe his internal migration map was skewed, but we couldn't believe our eyes. He stayed around a day and then disappeared - not sure if he made it through the snowstorm. Great post – there have still been ruby-throat hummers moving through New England in the past week too…I always leave a feeder up right into November even though you usually don’t see them here after late September. 7 or 8 years ago, I never got around to taking a feeder down off our sliding door, and we had a rufous hummingbird visit it in late November! In Central Mass. the week of a snowstorm!! It was a vagrant rufous – maybe his internal migration map was skewed, but we couldn’t believe our eyes. He stayed around a day and then disappeared – not sure if he made it through the snowstorm.

]]> By: Alison Kerr http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/how-long-should-i-leave-my-hummingbird-feeder-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-4679 Alison Kerr Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:47:48 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=614#comment-4679 Thanks for the tips. I had wondered about this very thing. I've had to change my solution every 2-3 days, even though the temperatures have been cooler. The mixture starts to turn a bit cloudy. Today I tried using boiled water - I'm hoping that will make it last longer. The only disappointment at my feeder is that one male is ruling the roost and buzzing any other hummers which try to sneak in. I'll definitely keep an eye out for "exotics". Those little guys, and gals, must be really lost to turn up all the way over on Cape May - maybe they'll be passing through Kansas on their way to you! Thanks for the tips. I had wondered about this very thing. I’ve had to change my solution every 2-3 days, even though the temperatures have been cooler. The mixture starts to turn a bit cloudy. Today I tried using boiled water – I’m hoping that will make it last longer.

The only disappointment at my feeder is that one male is ruling the roost and buzzing any other hummers which try to sneak in. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for “exotics”. Those little guys, and gals, must be really lost to turn up all the way over on Cape May – maybe they’ll be passing through Kansas on their way to you!

]]> By: Attracting Hummingbirds to your Wildlife Garden http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/how-long-should-i-leave-my-hummingbird-feeder-up.html/comment-page-1#comment-3832 Attracting Hummingbirds to your Wildlife Garden Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:53:32 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=614#comment-3832 [...] talked about hummingbird feeders before in discussing how long to leave your feeders up during the fall migration, but this new question came from Stacey through the new Ask Carole feature at Ecosystem Gardening: [...] [...] talked about hummingbird feeders before in discussing how long to leave your feeders up during the fall migration, but this new question came from Stacey through the new Ask Carole feature at Ecosystem Gardening: [...]

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