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sinkingfeeling

(58,032 posts)
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 05:23 PM Oct 2025

Question. I put up 2 hummingbird feeders for my dozens of guys. They are going through 2 cups.of nectar a day.

Is there a way to force a cut back? Do I just let them hang empty for a day or so? I think I've created monsters. They will eat me out of house and home at this rate.

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Question. I put up 2 hummingbird feeders for my dozens of guys. They are going through 2 cups.of nectar a day. (Original Post) sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 OP
If you have constant warm weather, they will keep at it. GreenWave Oct 2025 #1
I'm in Costa Rica. We have 54 varieties of hummingbirds. sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 #3
54? Amazing! Easterncedar Oct 2025 #4
Migration SARose Oct 2025 #2

GreenWave

(12,795 posts)
1. If you have constant warm weather, they will keep at it.
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 05:33 PM
Oct 2025

Where I live, they have headed south as cold is coming!

I make home made nectar. distilled water some high grade granulated sugar

SARose

(1,831 posts)
2. Migration
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 05:41 PM
Oct 2025

They are filling up and putting on weight for the long trip to Mexico.

That is a lot of work for you, I know.

Thank you for making their migration better!💕

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