This truth also applies to evaporated water from a feeder in the heat of
summer--the concentrate is not good

Jane



Jane Stewart & Neil W. Burkhardt
McComb Road Nursery
751 McComb Road
Sequim, WA 98382-7882
360.681.2827 t
360.681.7578 f
mailto: mccomb at olympus.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <MBlanchrd at aol.com>
To: <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:23 PM
Subject: Hummers, sugar and Bob Sargent


> Hi, Tweeters,
>
> Regarding that email by Bob Sargent. He's Mr. RubyThroat. He and his wife
> have banded thousands of Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds in Alabama, and I
> seriously doubt if anyone knows the little buzzers any better than he
does.
>
> I don't like the idea of kicking up the octane of hummer solution any more
> than 1/4 cup to a cup, either. I'd give a whole lot of weight to what Mr.
> Sargent says. Better to not see a hummer in the winter than kill it by
> putting too much sugar in the mix.
> Michelle
> MBlanchrd at aol.com
> Oly, WA
>
>