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| This little juvie male was guarding some Cardinal flowers. |
Here is a link that might be useful: It has sound, but mostly cicadas
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| Nice video ctnchpr! Care to explain what the second feeder is on your list of videos? Is that a home made feeder? Was it hard to do? Looks interesting from the side! Ken |
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| Thanks, eigdeh! That's a homemade PVC feeder. It started as almost a joke, but it turned out to be a very nice feeder. It may not look it, but it's easy to maintain and it puts the hummers in what appears to be a very comfortable feeding position. You need to have a lot of hummers to make it practical. Here's its evolution over the past 3 years -
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| Wow!!! Amazing feeder, I applaud your creativity! I can see why those feeders are supported from the bottom rather than being hung! I don't have the volume of birds to use one of those, but I think Steve should look into getting in contact with you! :c) Did you think about making a window feeder version of that? Bottle on one side and not in view of the window, ports only on the outside? That would be pretty cool! |
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- Posted by hummersteve 6 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 3, 09 at 22:53
| Nice vid nice feeder but a little loud. I havent noticed any cicadas in this area yet, maybe its a little early. |
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| Thanks, eigdeh & hummersteve!! A PVC window feeder?...hmmmmm...now that's a good idea!!! Here's another video of the little chap. You can see his throat move when he chirps... |
Here is a link that might be useful: video
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- Posted by ctnchprs_daughter 8 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 9, 09 at 16:04
| PLEASE DON'T GIVE HIM ANY MORE IDEAS!!! He's already taken over part of the dining room with his "creations". :) |
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