Maryanne Dolan wrote:

 > BTW....if anyone is in the market for a 
feeder....the general consensus was
 > a HummZinger...mostly for ease of cleaning.

Ease of cleaning means nothing if the birds won't 
use it. My hummingbirds will hardly touch a 
HummZinger. They much prefer the Perky Pet 
feeders. (Which are not hard to clean, really - 
just a short soak in bleach solution.)

So far, in the past 4 Saturday mornings, Bruce 
Peterjohn has banded 68 new hummingbirds at my 
house and recaptured 17 birds that were banded 
last summer. Last summer we banded 215 birds.

Les

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Les Eastman
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Havre de Grace, MD

The eagle looked down on the river below
And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell 
like a stone
And the big salmon fought but the talons held true
And he shuddered as the world turned from silver 
to blue
                               Steve Earle