On 7/18/2014 11:09 AM, Cheri wrote:
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 7/17/2014 5:00 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>> On 2014-07-17 4:54 PM, Susan wrote:
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>>>>>> One, just ONCE, I'd kill to see ONE!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On vacation, the moment I left the porch of a b and b we were in, Tom
>>>>>> saw one. I got that close.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm thinking of making a hummingbird/butterfly garden inside a
>>>>>> barrier
>>>>>> we installed after removing an invasive bamboo grove.
>>>>>> There's also trumpet vine climbing around the back wall there, so
>>>>>> maybe...
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>>>>> If you want to see hummingbirds you should plant lots of the sorts of
>>>>> flowers that attract then, especially flowers with trumpet shapes. We
>>>>> often see them around the Rose of Sharon, day lilies and sun flowers.
>>>>>
>>>> Hummingbirds have very far ranges of migration, too. Of course it
>>>> depends on which coast in the Americas you're on as to which types
>>>> of hummingbirds you can attract. The right (bright) trumpet type
>>>> flowers and bright red feeders definitely call to them. The sugar
>>>> water/nectar does *not* need to be dyed red (contrary to popular
>>>> belief). But they are attracted to bright feeders just as they are
>>>> to bright flowers.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
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>>> I've actually had them come after a blouse with red flowers on it
>>> before they realized it wasn't food.
>>>
>>> Cheri
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>> Hahaha! That's how I got a bee sting. Made the mistake of picking
>> pears wearing a large flowered muu muu.
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>> I once gave my bro a hummingbird feeder as a gift because I thought it
>> was pretty. I had no idea how high maintenance they are. That
>> stopped me from getting one for myself. The instructions actually
>> said not to make the nectar yourself and only to purchase it or you
>> could sicken the birds. And it had to be cleaned and disinfected so
>> frequently that I wouldn't bother. I'd be afraid that I'd forget or
>> for some reason be unable to clean it and kill the birds./
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> I've always made my own. Has to be changed often in the heat, but other
> than that, easy.
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> Cheri
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But it doesn't get hot where Julie lives! LOL

Jill