Originally posted September 10, 2020
The last sighting of hummingbirds in our yard here in Central PA was Sunday, September 6, 2020.
Overall, we had a low, but continual visitation to one feed. In late spring and early summer, there was minimal activity, and it wasn’t until I changed from purchased sugar water to homemade sugar water that we saw more action at the feeder. While there was some additional work required, it paid off. I used a 4 parts water / 1 part sugar blend and it was made fresh every 3 days.
Bees were generally not an issue this year, at least not until the end of August. I did move the feeder around in the yard, and this seemed to prevent a mass gathering of bees as I’ve experienced in teh past. So next year, I will plan to go with making my own syrup blend. For now, I will clean out the feeder.
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