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04-25-2006, 03:07 PM
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| I am so very blessed  Member Since: Feb 2004 Location: Happyville
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| Hummingbirds and Ants What is the best way to prevent ants from invading an outdoor hummingbird feeder? I'm imagining that using an ant killer near the feeder is a bad idea, as the toxins would inadvertently harm or kill the hummingbirds. Anyone with ideas, please? I had the most amazing hummingbird visit this afternoon, and I'd love to have her - and some of her beautiful feathered friends - return without the fear of harming them.
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04-25-2006, 03:15 PM
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| My Sweetest Boy  Member Since: Mar 2002
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| Go to Wentworths and get the ant traps made specifically for hummingbird feeders. Work like a charm.
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04-25-2006, 03:19 PM
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| I bowl overhand  Member Since: Feb 2003 Location: As close to heaven as you can get
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I think I've got BG converted to being a Hummingbird fan!!
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04-25-2006, 03:36 PM
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04-25-2006, 03:43 PM
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| I am so very blessed Member Since: Feb 2004 Location: Happyville
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| Thanks, Catt. They are just so beautiful........
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04-25-2006, 03:52 PM
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| I wanna be a SMIB  Member Since: Oct 2003 Location: Clicking my heels 3 times trying to get home
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| Every year I put up 3 feeders and I get so many hummingbirds, my neighbors are so jealous. I had just got 1 up last weekend and within an hour I had my first. Love to sit and watch them.
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04-25-2006, 03:59 PM
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| What?!  Member Since: Oct 2001 Location: Seven Gables
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| I'll have to tell my father to get his feeders out. He sits out on the patio and watches them all time during the summer
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04-25-2006, 04:01 PM
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| I bowl overhand Member Since: Feb 2003 Location: As close to heaven as you can get
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| I was in my thirties before I saw my first hummingbird.. was starting to think they were just another snipe!
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04-25-2006, 04:10 PM
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| Witchy Woman  Member Since: Sep 2005
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| The girls and I hand fed humming birds of all different kinds at a Rocklands Bird Sanctuary in Jamaica. You just hold the little bottle in one hand, and put your other finger up as a sorta perch. They lightly land on your finger to eat. It was a little freaky with those things buzzing all around my head and arms, but soooooooo cool. Quite an experince. I have some pics somewhere. I'll have to find them and post them.
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04-25-2006, 05:24 PM
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