Re: [CT Birds] Hummingbird Mystery
Bissell, T. (Tracey)
Squirrels - we had 2 feeders destroyed by squirrels last year. We have
moved them to a pole with a squirrel baffle and have had no problems
this year.
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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Dana Campbell
> <dana.l....@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> OK all you armchair detectives....
>> Yesterday I cleaned and restocked my hummingbird feeder. I have the
>> Droll Yankee LF-2 model that has little rubber flowerpetal-shaped
>> ports that snap in flat to the top of the feeder bowl and have ant
>> guard tips on the inside.
>> Something pulled out two of the ports (which were lying on the ground
>> under the feeder this morning) so that there were just two plain,
>> exposed holes into the nectar bowl.
>> Ideas as to what had the strength and dexterity to do that?
>> --
>> Dana Campbell, Priest in Charge
>> Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford dana.l....@gmail.com
>>
>> "They are dark angels glimpsed from the corner of the eye, a flash of
>> wings in twilight rising over the edges of houses then falling back,
>> like optical illusions." --from *Swallows* by Robert Kinsley
Tracey R Bissell
Business Analyst
Business Support Complex Processing & Controls
ING Retirement Services CS3
(860) 580-3453
tracey....@us.ing.com
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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Dana Campbell
> <dana.l....@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> OK all you armchair detectives....
>> Yesterday I cleaned and restocked my hummingbird feeder. I have the Droll
>> Yankee LF-2 model that has little rubber flowerpetal-shaped ports that snap
>> in flat to the top of the feeder bowl and have ant guard tips on the
>> inside.
>> Something pulled out two of the ports (which were lying on the ground under
>> the feeder this morning) so that there were just two plain, exposed holes
>> into the nectar bowl.
>> Ideas as to what had the strength and dexterity to do that?
>> --
>> Dana Campbell, Priest in Charge
>> Church of the Good Shepherd, Hartford
>> dana.l....@gmail.com
>>
>> "They are dark angels glimpsed from the corner of the eye, a flash of wings
>> in twilight rising over the edges of houses then falling back, like optical
>> illusions." --from *Swallows* by Robert Kinsley
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Jerry Connolly
We have rec'd many calls at the shop lately for feeders and nesting boxes that have been raided, or otherwise disturbed, overnight.
Two suggestions: take the feeder in at dusk, or reposition it to a place where Raccoons can't get it, such as on a suction cup hanger on a window, or hang from a soffit in front of a window...
We also sell Raccoon baffles (longer than squirrel baffles) for feeder and birdhouse poles, but I think it would be overkill for a small hummingbird feeder.
Best,
Janet Connolly
The Audubon Shop
Madison
203.245.9056
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> OK all you armchair detectives....
>>> Yesterday I cleaned and restocked my hummingbird feeder. I have the Droll
>>> Yankee LF-2 model that has little rubber flowerpetal-shaped ports that snap
>>> in flat to the top of the feeder bowl and have ant guard tips on the
>>> inside.
>>> Something pulled out two of the ports (which were lying on the ground under
>>> the feeder this morning) so that there were just two plain, exposed holes
>>> into the nectar bowl.
>>> Ideas as to what had the strength and dexterity to do that?
>>
> I had a female Balt. Oriole at my hummingbird feeder last week.
>
> ~Carol in Harwinton
>
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>> FWIW, I've had both Catbirds and Downy Woodpeckers feeding at my hummingbird
>> feeder this year.
>>
>> Roy Zartarian
Jan Hollerbach
Had the same thing happen earlier this season. Found the feeder amongst the rhododendrons which border the feeder area. All the ant guards were torn off and all the nectar (I had just completely cleaned and filled the feeder!) was gone. It also happened at night. I figured raccoon, dextrous little boogers that they are.
Jan Hollerbach
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