HummingbirdMJ
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Hello All,
Does anyone have any info., especially research, regarding the effect on hummingbirds of drinking cold sugar water from feeders?
I would think that ingesting very cold sugar water (temp. ~ 30-37 degrees F.) would be detrimental. I am about 35 miles north of San Francisco, and although we rarely get freezing temps. here, it has been very cold lately, with frost and temps in the low-mid 30's at night. I have been taking all of my feeders down at night and re-hanging them at sunrise. I would love to know what others do, and what your opinions are. Even though I have been a hummingbird rehabilitator for 8 years, and am therefore somewhat of an 'expert' on caring for sick/injured/orphaned hummers in captivity, I am not sure about this, even tho I feel like I should know!
Please feel free to email me privately also @ HummingbirdMJ AT aol.com
Thanks so much!
Mary Jo Wheeler
Petaluma CA 94952
Does anyone have any info., especially research, regarding the effect on hummingbirds of drinking cold sugar water from feeders?
I would think that ingesting very cold sugar water (temp. ~ 30-37 degrees F.) would be detrimental. I am about 35 miles north of San Francisco, and although we rarely get freezing temps. here, it has been very cold lately, with frost and temps in the low-mid 30's at night. I have been taking all of my feeders down at night and re-hanging them at sunrise. I would love to know what others do, and what your opinions are. Even though I have been a hummingbird rehabilitator for 8 years, and am therefore somewhat of an 'expert' on caring for sick/injured/orphaned hummers in captivity, I am not sure about this, even tho I feel like I should know!
Please feel free to email me privately also @ HummingbirdMJ AT aol.com
Thanks so much!
Mary Jo Wheeler
Petaluma CA 94952