On Thursday, July 17, 2014 12:34:43 PM UTC-7, Cheri wrote:
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> > On 7/17/2014 11:49 AM, Cheri wrote:
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> >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> >>>>> The only thing I really use sugar for is to make sugar water for the
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> >>>>> hummingbird feeder.
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> > (snippage)
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> >>> There's nothing high and mighty about it. People who don't bake or
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> >>> use it in coffee or whatever simply don't buy a lot of white sugar.
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> >>> No one is saying other people aren't buying it.
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> >>> Jill
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> >> I usually buy a cake mix and make a cake for dh to last the week if he
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> >> wants some dessert. It's not often that I make desserts or sugary
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> >> things, with Thanksgiving and Christmas being exceptions, but can't feed
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> >> the hummingbirds aspartame so do keep sugar on hand for that, and for
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> >> pudding and things like that when grandkids are over. :-)
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> >> Cheri
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> > If I want cake (rare) I'll buy a mix. The hummingbirds are out in force
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> > this week. My computer desk is in the corner of the living room. I
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> > can see the feeder where I sit. Yesterday one of them had a nice long sip
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> > from the feeder, then flew over and hovered in front of the window,
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> > looking at me. Another one was very curious about the tufted titmouse
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> > that was flitting around in the branches of the azalea bush on the other
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> > side of the feeder.
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> > Jill
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> Yes, the regulars get pretty tame. They fly very close to me when I'm taking
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> the feeder out to rehang.
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> Cheri



I saw a photograph of one eating out of a person's hand. I asked the photographer and he said they are not that difficult to train.

Nellie