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re: Humming bird feeders
Posted on 11/30/14 at 11:49 am to Ellakennedi
Posted on 11/30/14 at 11:49 am to Ellakennedi
You will KILL THEM !!!
Take em down !!
Take em down !!
Posted on 11/30/14 at 1:32 pm to livewire
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You will KILL THEM !!!
Take em down !!
Again, that is pure ignorance but a lot of people believe it. Having feeders out helps the ones that are here in the winter. The summer birds are Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Winter birds are a mix of other species (usually Rufous, Black-chinned, Buff-bellied, Broad-tailed. A few years ago a Green-breasted Mango showed up in Dublin, Georgia from Costa Rica and survived the winter because it had food.
To the poster from north of Atlanta - you can try but your odds are pretty slim of getting a winter hummingbird. Still, there are a couple of dozen records of wintertime hummingbirds in north GA in the last 2 years. People closer to the coast like Houston, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc. have a much better chance. Hummingbirds can survive very cold temperatures if they have a food source which is the reason to leave a feeder out if you think there is much of a chance. I always do and have never had one in the winter. In the summer we have dozens and a few years ago I had this view outside my office window:
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