Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 07:47:59 EDT Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Rick Sussman Subject: Re: Hummer question. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Les, et al, I would add that over the 15 or so years I have been feeding hummers here in our yard in Ashton, I have tried almost all of the feeders available, and have settled on 2 Perky Pet four-fountains feeders, mounted on (their) wind brackets on the fence. For my situation, they seem to attract the most activity, leak least and/or break less frequently than any other type I've tried (including Aspects, Droll Yankee saucer type, the little egg shaped one which leaked, etc., etc.) I will say also that the four-fountains feeders do get their share of black ants and yellowjackets, but kept clean with a hot rinsing and brush 3 times a week or more, they do get the hummers in my yard. And as a bonus, mounted on the top of the fence, my neighbors can enjoy them too, without all the work! I have never had any problems with birds eating from them, though it would certainly be easy enough for them to do so. My problem this year is the lack of hummers in my area. I think I've seen more in the field than in the yard this season! Rick Sussman Ashton,MD warblerick@aol.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================