Can You Put a Hummingbird Feeder Next to a Bird Feeder
There are two schools of thought out there as to whether you should grouping multiple hummingbird feeders together or should spread them out. It's akin to the lumpers vs. splitters argument of should the Yellowish-shafted and Blood-red-shafted Flickers be split or lumped into a unmarried Northern Flicker species. Merely non and so scientific.
Anyhow, Bob Sargent, noted hummingbird expert and President of The Hummer/Bird Study Group, Inc., is a grouper. His advice is to cluster as many feeders together equally yous tin can. The more than feeders you have, the more birds y'all will have. Also, if yous have lots of feeders amassed together, it is much more than hard for bully birds to guard them all.
BirdWatcher's Assimilate likewise recommends this approach in their recommendations on how to "foil a bully hummer".
Last year, this "groovy" hummingbird on the feeder higher up would just sit down for minutes on stop at this feeder, non necessarily feeding, but just guarding the feeder. He would even perch facing outwards, just in order to "claim" the feeder.
The other school of thought is to spread the feeders out, keeping them out of sight of each other. The popular hummingbirds.cyberspace website favors this approach.
Our recommendation at the store is to SPREAD 'EM OUT!
The grouping arroyo seems to make sense where hummingbird numbers are high, similar along the Gulf Coast (where Bob Sargent is located) or in the southwest. At these hummingbird "dream locations", literally hundreds of hummingbirds share a feeder location equally they get together to swallow massive amounts of nectar, peculiarly during migration.
Simply where hummingbird numbers are lower like here in upstate New York, we recommend spreading the feeders out. In our surface area, we seldom see more than 2 hummingbirds sharing a single feeder or 4-5 hummingbirds at whatsoever one time in the yard.
An uncommon sight in our expanse: two hummingbirds on a feeder!
Here'due south how we arroyo it: we have five hummingbird feeders hung at windows on 3 different sides of the firm. They are all visible from the living area. This mode we have been able to observe 3-4 hummingbirds feeding at in one case, each at a different feeder. We've had proficient success with this arroyo, and it is why we recommend it, at least for folks with similar hummingbird population and activity.
What has worked in your area? Have you tried both approaches? Let usa know what YOU recommend in the hummingbird feeder "grouper vs. spreader" debate.
The comments to this entry are closed.
Source: https://wildbirdsunlimited.typepad.com/the_zen_birdfeeder/2009/08/should-you-group-or-separate-your-hummingbird-feeders.html
0 Response to "Can You Put a Hummingbird Feeder Next to a Bird Feeder"
Post a Comment