Kayre will be amused!
May. 9th, 2011 01:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A few days ago she posted a photo of a goldfinch sitting on a hummingbird nectar feeder. Well, in a mirror image . . .
I have had a thistle seed tube for goldfinches on my deck, and have only seen one or two the whole time. BUT . . . a moment ago, I saw a flash of iridescent green out of the corner of my eye as I was standing in the kitchen near the deck door. A hummer! Indignant to find a thistle seed feeder hanging where the nectar feeder hung last year!
Shows they have good memories, and this must be a returnee (the thistle feeder did not have any red on it at all, so a newcomer would not have mistaken it for a nectar feeder).
I just took the thistle feeder inside and put the nectar feeder in its place. Glad I had the nectar on hand!
I have had a thistle seed tube for goldfinches on my deck, and have only seen one or two the whole time. BUT . . . a moment ago, I saw a flash of iridescent green out of the corner of my eye as I was standing in the kitchen near the deck door. A hummer! Indignant to find a thistle seed feeder hanging where the nectar feeder hung last year!
Shows they have good memories, and this must be a returnee (the thistle feeder did not have any red on it at all, so a newcomer would not have mistaken it for a nectar feeder).
I just took the thistle feeder inside and put the nectar feeder in its place. Glad I had the nectar on hand!
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Date: 2011-05-09 05:46 pm (UTC)And you know how to make your own sugar water, right? 4 parts water to 1 part sugar. Use ordinary granulated white table sugar added to boiled water.
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