Dear Leslie, I too have several juvenile hummingbirds around still sipping from the feeder and I am wondering if I should cut it off to encourage them to migrate in time. Do you have any ideas or knowledge on that subject? Thanks, Harriette Harriette L. Phelps Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of the District of Columbia 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 fax: 301-345-6017 ph: 202-274-5888 home: 301-441-2207