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Comment by alan Samuel on April 10, 2012 at 10:59pm

Love this one.

Comment by Jenny Harding on March 15, 2012 at 10:06pm

Thanks Tracy, cannot wait for the babies to show up.

Comment by Tracy DePaola on March 15, 2012 at 6:28pm

I know getting these humming bird shots certainly can't be easy since the little creatures are so stinking fast, but you did a great job--very sharp image.

Comment by Mike Connelly on March 11, 2012 at 6:48pm

Jenny:

 

THANK YOU for the note.

 

However it is my understanding that there has to be existing flowers to attract and then the feeder to keep them there, my understanding anyway.

 

Been trying for sometime without success, so the frustration level is high and it is time to begin feeding again.

 

When I first started, the plant store, not Home Depot or the like, I was convinced to buy hibiscus plants, pretty plant but did not work.

 

Where I live there are no flowering plants close to me at all which makes the problem all the worse.

 

What flowers do you or neighbors have that help to attract them?

 

On the Cornell Ornothology site they basically say the opposite, pasting below are the flowers they suggest:

Flowers
Cardinal Flower Lobelia cardinalis
Lantana Lantana camara
Columbine Aguilegia spp.
Fuchsias Fuchsia spp.
Impatiens Impatiens spp.
Coral-Bells Heuchera sanguinea
Hollyhocks Althea spp.
Penstemen Penstemen spp.
Petunia Petunia spp.
Flowering Tobacco Nicotania alata
Geranium Pelargonium spp.
Begonia Begonia spp.

 

If you have suggestions in attracking, I would love to know.

 

Mike

Comment by Jenny Harding on March 11, 2012 at 1:31pm

Mike it is in my backyard.  I make the food myself.  I used the information on this website   http://birding.about.com/od/birdfeeders/a/nectarrecipe.htm

Comment by Mike Connelly on March 9, 2012 at 2:50pm

JENNY:

 

I like.

 

Been trying to attract them to my backyard for 3 years now, was it yours or do you know what was being used for food?

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

Comment by Jenny Harding on February 13, 2012 at 9:53am

Thank you Diane. 

Comment by Diane Dubreuil Dugas on February 10, 2012 at 7:38am

so cute, and so small, great capture:)