On Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:04:13 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 18:45:12 -0400, jmcquown >
>wrote:
>
>>On 9/8/2016 9:29 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> On Wed, 7 Sep 2016 22:24:23 -0400, jmcquown >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You want her to show you her hummingbird feeder? I don't know about
>>>> hers but mine is a Perky Pet Hummzinger feeder. It looks like a flying
>>>> saucer. The design is like this:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.birdfeeders.com/perky-pet...ird-feeder-221
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry I cannot take a photo of my hummingbird feeder ATM since it's
>>>> dark outside.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> I've seen that type of feeder and it would be easier than mine for
>>> woodpeckers to perch on it, yours has those perches all around each
>>> feeding port, mine has no perches, however woodpecker's legs are such
>>> that they can grab on to most anything as they march up and down tree
>>> trunks. Hummingbirds don't need to perch to feed, in fact I've never
>>> seen them perch when feeding, not even from flowers... occasionally
>>> they'll perch on my wire fence.
>>>
>>I see them perch on my feeder all the time. It must be exhausting to be
>>a hummingbird.
>>
>>Jill
>
>They usually attack me when I refill their feeder, they're very
>territorial and posssive about their feeder. Today I bought new
>feeder food, a syrup concentrate instead of the sugar, 1 part syrup to
>3 parts water. I bought it at Lowe's:
>http://www.birdfeeders.com/perky-pet...oncentrate-238

Ornithologists always advocate making your own syrup, one part sugar
to four of water. The red dye in the boughten syrup is unnecessary
and bad for them.