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