Subject: hummingbirds & curious feeder behavior
Date: Mar 10 13:50:51 2003
From: Kelly Cassidy - lostriver at completebbs.com


That IS interesting. I pulled up a picture of the feeder on the internet:
http://www.petluvers.com/perky-pethummingbirdfeeder.html

It's a gravity feeder. Maybe the hummingbirds can sense the weight of the
reservoir in the pressure they feel when they put their beaks into the
feeder. Perhaps they prefer the lower pressure of smaller reservoir. Real
flowers don't "push" the nectar into the hummer.

Kelly