Cute Pest Infestation
This homeowner has a pest infestation problem that is not particularly common. In fact they are too cute to exterminate, so instead he encourages them by setting up feeders. These hummingbirds sure seem happy!
What did you think of the video? Please share your comments in the section below.
July 16, 2017 @ 6:49 pm
I live in Enderby BC Canada and each summer the humming birds stop here on their way to Alaska and the North West Territories to get their sugar water so they have the energy to continue on their way. Some stay here and build their nests. I provide four feeders oh sugar water ( 1 cup sugar to 4 cups fresh boiled water. I stir it well and put into feeders when it is cool.) the hummers that stay raise their young and by the end of August the adult males leave on their long journey which means flying over the Gulf of Mexico to their home for our winter. The female adults leave next and then the youngsters leave before winter sets in. I leave the feeders out until I don’t see a Hummer for over three weeks. From the time they arrive till the last one leaves I change the water in the feeders every three to four days and clean them well so the hummers don’t get ill from contaminated sugar water. They will return each spring at approximately the same time as the previous year….so I get the feeders ready before hand and have at least one of the feeders out one week ahead of their predicted date of arrival. They are very interesting to watch and tame enough to land on your finger if you have a capful of that sugar water in the cap. Often if their feeder is empty they come to the window and look in. That reminds me to get the fresh batch out to them. You will hardly feel them they are so light. Hope you find them as enjoyable as I do.
July 10, 2017 @ 10:44 am
I live in Indiana and use 175# of sugar to feed “my” hummingbirds each summer. You cannot get an accurate count of them but I have 60-65 at the end of summer. I never use red dye, just sugar and water and 5 or 6 feeders.
July 9, 2017 @ 6:42 pm
GREAT, GREAT, VIDEO, especially liked the fact of NO RED DYE in liquid…4 cups of water, one cup of sugar, simmer a bit, to allow sugar to melt, dissolve, cool the pour into clean feeders for the dear , wee, sweet hummers…. NOTE: humming birds DO NOT NEED RED DYE 40….VERY HARMFUL…Thank you , signed the humming birds
August 13, 2016 @ 2:24 pm
The must be in Colorado. That is the only place I’ve seen so any hummers.
February 13, 2015 @ 3:09 pm
Never saw so many hummingbirds in one place. Pretty cool for them, eat & be merry……. I could sit in someone’s back
yard for hours just watching butterflies & birds the whole time. Gods creations are so beautiful…. It’s like they say, smell
the roses….
July 14, 2014 @ 10:20 pm
I don’t consider hummingbirds to be pests. If they weren’t feeding them the nectar water then there wouldn’t be so many, maybe not even any. Most people use sugar to make the water sweet for them like the nectar of flowers.
July 29, 2014 @ 7:28 pm
So it’s sugar water. Thanks. 🙂
July 14, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
Curious as to what is in the containers that the hummingbirds seem to love. Hummingbirds are just the sweetest little things.
July 14, 2014 @ 12:04 pm
Is that water inside the clear thing? This is amazing love for God’s creation. Great video!