That's a wonderful experience, Ted. Never had one stay that close to me and your description is fascinating.

We've had a male Anna's take over our backyard and wear himself out guarding three feeders. All the books say spacing feeders will prevent this, but he doesn't seem to care about distance -- has a variety of favorite perches that allow him to keep an eye on all three at once! Needless to say, he gets very unhappy when we take one down for cleaning and refill.

Here he is, perched on one of our eponymous plant sticks


Quote Originally Posted by O'Gallchobhair of Donegal View Post
[snip] Made the mix herself. I still remember cleaning up the red in the kitchen.
Just a note here, please please do NOT put red food coloring in your hummer juice! Just 4:1 water:white sugar, let it boil for 15 seconds. The birds will be attracted to the red plastic of feeder, no need to gum up their works with food coloring.