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

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Have ya'll been providing shower facilities for the hummies? I sometimes turn on a sprinkler just enough to spray the lower branches of my citrus trees - or hang the water hose over a tree branch with the nozzle on shower or mist for them. They do appreciate cooling off when the weather is unbearably hot.

Here's an old photo from last year of a hummie cooling off. I hung the waterhose over a tree branch and let the spray fall onto lower branches. Didn't take long for this little one to figure out it could perch on a lower branch and enjoy a cool shower.

~ Cat

ps...just remember with this heat and fierce sun, it's best not to let the water at high noon :o) I usually set out the hose around 5pm or later as the setting sun is blocked by trees and my fence. No sense burning the leaves on my trees - having direct sunlight hitting the water is like frying ants with a magnifying glass (not that I've ever fried ants...ROLF)



This message was edited Jul 30, 2007 7:35 PM