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Hummingbirds are bastards
8 years ago
X-posted from my DW ---
Just for the record, Hummingbirds are little, finicky bastards.
Was suppose to be programming all day, but ended up driving all over town looking for hummingbird food.
Seriously.
All afternoon.
We've had a hummingbird feeder for a year now, and all winter these Anna's Hummingbirds would fight over it like it was their only source of ambrosia. Baron and I have gotten much amusement outta this. All day long, our tiny strip of a backyard was filled with dive-bombing hums and snarky squeaks of "get out of my space" ever time we stepped outdoors. They would follow us around constantly.
For the past 2 weeks, the backyard's been silent.
Why?
Because the store was out of the nectar we'd typically get them, and when I bought a competing brand, they would not touch it. Not a drop. Well, the store apparently does not carry that brand anymore. So I had to go hunting. After much internet searching and driving, I finally found a pet food store that had three bottles on the shelf. They are all mine now. Hopefully, when those run out that store will continue to stock it.
Fingers crossed.
I miss those greedy little bastards.
Was suppose to be programming all day, but ended up driving all over town looking for hummingbird food.
Seriously.
All afternoon.
We've had a hummingbird feeder for a year now, and all winter these Anna's Hummingbirds would fight over it like it was their only source of ambrosia. Baron and I have gotten much amusement outta this. All day long, our tiny strip of a backyard was filled with dive-bombing hums and snarky squeaks of "get out of my space" ever time we stepped outdoors. They would follow us around constantly.
For the past 2 weeks, the backyard's been silent.
Why?
Because the store was out of the nectar we'd typically get them, and when I bought a competing brand, they would not touch it. Not a drop. Well, the store apparently does not carry that brand anymore. So I had to go hunting. After much internet searching and driving, I finally found a pet food store that had three bottles on the shelf. They are all mine now. Hopefully, when those run out that store will continue to stock it.
Fingers crossed.
I miss those greedy little bastards.
Watching them on the nest is neat. She makes so many batches each year.
Now that we're in WA, haven't yet put up another feeder. Undecided at the moment.
-- Lia
The ones up in Anderson when I was a kid had fewer options- so no matter what was in the feeder, they drank hungrily.
So much fun to watch- and they would land on my shoulders and wait patiently while I swapped out feeders for them.
(We had three, side by side on the back porch....And had to refill them every day, there were so many hungry little birds.)
If the feeders ran dry, they would actually come up to the windows and look inside, trying to get our attention for resupply.
Not many options for flowers around the house, except for my grandmother's garden. And it was pretty small.
-Badger-
Good news, the change back to the normal food and *poof* the backyard is alive again!