In article >,
jmcquown > wrote:

> On 7/20/2014 1:33 AM, Dave W wrote:
> > My porch is not large ... about 8 x 10 foot. One feeder up and there are
> > constant battles. One bird claims the feeder and fights off newcomers.
> > If I hang 4 feeders (spaced about 3 foot apart) I get lots of birds at a
> > time and see very few fights.
> >
> > Never see as many birds as those folks in the video get, though.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dave W.
> > In the Ozarks
>
> I'm guessing you have a covered porch? If I had a porch like that I'd
> definitely hang multiple feeders. My hummingbird feeder hangs from a
> long chain suspended from a hook under the eaves by the den. Sure, I
> could put up more hooks, chains and feeders. But it's sort of a PITA
> PITA to get to the one I have. It requires maneuvering around azaela
> bushes (in very soft, sandy, often wet soil) to empty and refill it
> every week. It would be nice to just step out on a covered porch...
>
> Jill

Yep, Jill. It is covered. So I don't need to go out in the weather to
hang the feeders. Used to have a couple out 10 to 20 feet off the porch
but it was too often a pain to get out to them in weather and I'm
getting old ... so though the chains are still hanging out there off
tree branches, I don't mess with them anymore.

BTW, not to change the subject, but i'd like to mention that winter
before last when the Audubon Society did their annual Christmas bird
count a single red-throated hummer was counted ... and well documented.
Apparently the lazy bird decided to forgo the trip south. (I don't blame
him. I don't enjoy flying much anymore either.)

I presume he survived the Winter. A sign of global warming? ;-)

Regards,
Dave W.
Fayetteville, Ar.