Hi everyone!
I'm so excited to find this forum. I've been wanting to get a hummingbird feeder for some time, and my girlfriend got me one for Christmas!
However, I have some questions that I haven't been able to answer with the resources I have searched on line. I hope you can help me get a good and attractive feeder set up. We live in Portland, Oregon, which seems like important information. And here are the things I'm curious about:
* We live on the second floor of a building with a back porch that faces a forest (so it's kind of like being on the 4th floor of a forest). We've seen hummingbirds when we've walked around the forest, but is it possible that our porch is too high for the birds to find or be attracted to?
* Given that our porch is still an okay location, there seems to be a lot of advice of planting other flowers in a garden to help attract hummingbirds. Would this still work on our porch? Should I consider planting other flowers?
* I currently have the feeder hanging between the bars of our balcony grating. But even if birds were to find it, this doesn't allow a lot of space for a hummingbird to move around it. Is this important? I've considered getting a shepherd's hook-type thing and placing it in the soil of some of the vegetables my girlfriend is planning to plant this spring.
I am happy to provide any photographs that might help explain the location and situation I'm describing.
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer this very very new but very very excited hummingbird feeder owner!
- Eric
I'm so excited to find this forum. I've been wanting to get a hummingbird feeder for some time, and my girlfriend got me one for Christmas!
However, I have some questions that I haven't been able to answer with the resources I have searched on line. I hope you can help me get a good and attractive feeder set up. We live in Portland, Oregon, which seems like important information. And here are the things I'm curious about:
* We live on the second floor of a building with a back porch that faces a forest (so it's kind of like being on the 4th floor of a forest). We've seen hummingbirds when we've walked around the forest, but is it possible that our porch is too high for the birds to find or be attracted to?
* Given that our porch is still an okay location, there seems to be a lot of advice of planting other flowers in a garden to help attract hummingbirds. Would this still work on our porch? Should I consider planting other flowers?
* I currently have the feeder hanging between the bars of our balcony grating. But even if birds were to find it, this doesn't allow a lot of space for a hummingbird to move around it. Is this important? I've considered getting a shepherd's hook-type thing and placing it in the soil of some of the vegetables my girlfriend is planning to plant this spring.
I am happy to provide any photographs that might help explain the location and situation I'm describing.
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer this very very new but very very excited hummingbird feeder owner!
- Eric