Does anyone know if waxeyes would drink sugar water from a Tui nectar feeder?
mm12345,
Oct 30, 11:21am
They probably would - if they knew what it was. Try putting one of those fat feeder balls next to it, once they work it out they should go for sugar water. A couple of waxeyes that I was feeding over winter: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/120948052.jpg
books4nz,
Oct 30, 1:27pm
Wow. your photo is awesome mm12345.
devine-spark,
Oct 30, 1:28pm
Nice pic.
lythande1,
Oct 30, 6:10pm
Aussie import bird. Trash the orchards.
koru67,
Oct 30, 6:10pm
haha, they look quite p'd off . don't take my picture grrrr
they love oranges cut in half too
gpma,
Oct 30, 6:14pm
Hi there The Tuis have to fight off the waxeyes to get to the nectar feeder in our garden. So cute they do a little vibration dance.
supra_luva,
Oct 30, 7:10pm
Thanks, thats great to hear . I want to buy one as the sugar water in my bowl gets washed out when it rains or sometimes the wind tips up the bowl. We dont have tuis here but do get lots of waxeyes. I wasnt sure if it was designed for other birds to access.
When we were in Payson Arizona our friends we stayed with had feeders for the humming birds they hover and poke their long beaks through a hole to drink the water sugar mixture they were using 10 lb of sugar a week .Even with digital camera on fastest setting wings were just a blurr.
mkbooks,
Nov 4, 4:12am
They were at the rosebuds on my Sally Holmes yesterdaY
rainrain1,
Nov 4, 5:09am
At your aphids I think you mean
coralsnake,
Nov 4, 5:39am
Yep, they have to be the hardest to photograph! We had several feeders when living in TX. Boy are they territorial over the feeders except for the two weeks prior to flying over the Gulf of Mexico in Fall. That is the only time they will share a feeder - they are 'topping up' for the long flight in much the same way the monarch butterflies did.
The only problem we found was once the bees became Africanized they took over the feeders.
My daughter has a little hummer in CA that will drink from a container in her hand. Took her a long time before he would but it's so cute!
anne1955,
Nov 4, 5:50am
Shame it's just orchards and not humans lol actually sad it orchards and not some humans ;)
bluefrog2,
Nov 4, 10:45pm
I think you are MEANT to use sugar water in the nectar feeders. Apparently honey water is not recommended for some reason.
Wonder if it's better to put out sugar water made with raw sugar (rather than white sugar) so there's more nutrients in it.
rainrain1,
Aug 8, 6:58pm
I don't fed the birds at this time of the year, I reckon they ought to find their own food now, or they will become too dependent on humans. I only feed a few months over the Winter
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