Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Are the feeders getting to hot?, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Considering how hot our south Texas days can get I keep the feeders shaded by hanging them from my back porch eave and from the trees. I've often moved feeders around the yard and just as often get chirped at by hummies. They are quite good at making a bee line for a feeder then when it's not there you'd think someone robbed Fort Knox!!! They make make such a noisy fuss...but they are quick to find it once again.

...and yes, like BlueDancer wrote...just think of how hot water in a garden hose gets...imagine that magnified through glass!!! Yowiee!!!

Pepper, the ranch dog, thinks it's hot. She forgets she isn't a small dog and after running around the yard she jumps up into this homemade bird bath to cool off.

I always get a kick out of watching her do this...this time I'd been photographing butterflies around the yard and had the camera ready :o)

Woof!!!

~ Cat

This message was edited Jul 29, 2007 6:44 PM