At my hummingbird feeder, the titmice and chickadees hang from the wire
hook and sip water from the ant moat if the birdbath is dry.

The other day, a flower spike that fell off a tree bridged the moat.
I discovered this when I saw a row of sugar ants hanging on the inside
wall, heads down into the syrup. They were so evenly spaced around
the perimeter it looked like the feeder was striped.

At 07:37 PM 6/6/2007, Gail Frantz wrote:
>Over the years we've had House Finches and Titmice at the hummer feeders.
>The house finches appeared to sip but the Titmice were gathering insects.

--Pat

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