Watching an Anna's at my hummingbird feeder this morning, I thought about
the extended spell of cold weather due for western Washington and wondered
what strategies people use to keep the liquid in the feeders from freezing.
I've read about bringing them in overnight and putting them out at dawn, but
I'm not sure that they won't freeze during the day as well. I've thought of
using my Wild Birds Unlimited coupon toward a second hummingbird feeder, to
keep filled inside the house, and then take it outside periodically and
trade it.



Reheating the liquid in the microwave leads to sparking, and it takes a long
time to warm it up under hot water, and I'd rather be able to just make one
trip out to disturb the feeding area in this cold (since there's usually
some shivering house finch or junco out there whose energy I don't want to
drain by scaring them away more than I have to.



What do other folks do?



Barb Miller

Bellevue, WA

Bmill07(AT)Comcast(DOT)net