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VaTechie

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U know what scares me, we have many things in common.


I have four feeders up this year. Two on the patio and two 40 feet from patio hanging under my grape vines.

1) Last year, I only had the two on the patio.
2) Last year, I had about 5 to 7 all day long. If you sat on the patio which I do every night with an adult beverage they just buzz around your head. There was one dominant one always chasing the others.
3) This year I have 7 right now all day with two dominant ones.

Last year, none had red on them. This year there are two and always thought they were ruby throat. Not thinking there were a ton of species, I been assuming I only had two species but looking at the pictures I am now going to determine if I have more than two and correctly identify them.

What 3 species do you think you have?

With that, I suspect your feeder does not have perches where they can sit and just drink like me to their heart is content. I can sit on the patio and have one two feet from me just drinking away since the two on the patio have perches. The other two under the grape vine do not. The ones with perches go down quick. They are drinking 30 ounces a week right now between all four.

The patio has sun in the morning. The two under the grape vine have shade all day. They do like them in shade in the summer heat. Also, I read they like really tall oak trees to get shade and breed in. I have 3 over a hundred year old oak trees right beside my house. They definitely stay up there more than the walnut tree and cypress I have.

They are fun. I have drinking buddies every night.


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Posted: 07/26/2019 at 11:51AM



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