Mexican Hummingbirds???

In was wondering why my feeder was empty every morning........jajaja.

looks like a flying rat

So that's where gallons of my hummingbird foor was going!

All along I thought there must have been a 2 lb. nocternal species of hummingbird prowling Lakeside!
Thanks for clearing up a mystery

SunFan

Thats also why you should put something to collect all the spilt sugar
water underneath the feeder unless you like ants.

Z

Good pics Bob
Might skip the feeder.

Lucky you. Up here in the frozen north we have to take them in at night on account of the bears.... Lizzy

I took my feeder down because of the bats,nice pics.

We will take the feeder in at night from now on or at least when we don't want to watch the bats. I think they are fascinating. They had no fear of the light or me taking pictures. At one point there were about 6 swarming around us. Very cool.

If you want a lot of hummingbirds around, plant one of the fast growing vines with the purple flowers. Put a birdbath in the yard. We have lots of hummers here and they're getting their favorite form of food. We have a very small patio but plenty of walls, so this works out. They like bougies, too. One caveat: They're jumpy little things. Dogs and cats scare them off......so we made some choices and voted for birdwatching.

You may want to keep the bats around. They help pollinate flowers and eat lots of bugs!

lunateak wrote:You may want to keep the bats around. They help pollinate flowers and eat lots of bugs!

Bats around is fine......but we're not going to feed them sugar water. Let 'em eat the bugs.

Sugar water....???????? I have been feeding them raspberry infused tequila. They seem to love it. I do however need to get a bouncer now to toss the rowdies........

New gourmet dish: Baked hummingbird marinated in raspberry infused tequila.
Yum

gringal wrote:New gourmet dish: Baked hummingbird marinated in raspberry infused tequila.
Yum

There's more meat on the bats.

I prefer them on the grill instead of baked. Try using the fish baskets to keep the little buggers from falling through the grill.

Truly, Ferret... but well worth it. When batter-dipped and deep fried the little darlings are sooo ca-runch-eee... mmm, yummy. Lizzy

After a while the hummingbirds start to know you. When I lived down by the
big trees on Sept 16 in Ajijic I could lean up against a post with my head facing
the feeder 12"away and they would buzz all around my head. In the morning
they would click outside my bedroom window telling me to get up and put the
feeder back up. Very pretty but kinda nasty creatures.

Z

Not nasty....just spoiled rotten with the free liquid buffet .

If not nasty very territorial they don't like to share the feeder,even when there are empty perches.Probably Republicans.

We have named the feathered boss of our feeder "Little Chapo"...........very funny to watch him chase everyone away.

CanuckBob wrote:We have named the feathered boss of our feeder "Little Chapo"...........very funny to watch him chase everyone away.

And let me quess he/she has a white stomach right?

Z

Yes, I believe that is the male. He lets one smaller dark one drink. I assume that is his esposa.........

Back in 2006 we had 3 feeders, have photos of at least 15 hitting the feeder....then discovered sugar bats also "feed" since removing, they work for their food.