Feeding Hummingbirds

by Johnny Briefcase , Wednesday, February 08, 2017, 18:11 (3567 days ago) @ ZihuaRob

I'm sure I'll be criticized for this, but if you want to see hummingbirds all you need is to have some of the flowering plants they like. Besides all the problems with sugars and dyes and cleanliness, hummingbirds play an important role in the pollenization process and feeders interfere in the natural process and can make them dependent on the feeders, so that (a) they stop pollenizing, and (b) when you go back home and store your feeder for the rest of the year you inadvertently leave behind a problem that can affect the health of their population.

WOW - We didn't know this issue was so controversial. We just wanted to replace one that got broken where we rent.
Anyway, thanks for all the input. ....JB

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