Subject: [Tweeters] An unlikely Result
Date: Nov 23 22:15:48 2010
From: Barry Ulman - ubarry at qwest.net


If you have one of those flat-design feeders, a small bird-bath
de-icer works well. I devised a couple of clamps out of coat-hanger
wire and clamped the de-icer to the bottom of the feeder. It kept the
water in liquid form even in today's frigid temperatures.

Barry Ulman

On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Whitney H wrote:

> Hello Tweeters -
>
> Brrrrrrr.... that's a word we're all using her in the PNW this week.
>
> Well, today I decided to do what I could to keep my hummingbird feeder
> from freezing, as we have 3 Anna's Hummingbirds that are using it and
> my neighbors with a passion. Since I didn't have any hand warmers to
> attach to the bottom around, I managed to find one of those Ikea clamp
> lamps in my utility closet and placed it close to the feeder. ?It did
> the trick and kept the ice from forming without overheating the sugar
> water. ?I never had to bring it in to thaw it out once.
>
> As an unplanned result, the hummingbirds fully enjoyed it and stayed
> to the last moment before heading off to who knows where to go into
> their evening torpor.
>
> http://flic.kr/p/8VMd3d
> I took this with my cell phone.... it's almost as if his little eyes
> are half open with pleasure. ?He sat there after eating, just soaking
> up the little heat he could before heading off. ?Until tomorrow at
> 6:30am when my neighbor, myself and the 3 little Anna's come back to
> start the routine all over again.
>
> Best,
> Whitney H.
> Des Moines, WA
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