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[knt3119]

Totally awesome...do you have issues with yellow jackets or ants? If so, how do you deal with them? Thanks for sharing this!

[dzerres]

@knt3119 very few problems with ants or wasps because its in the mountains at a high elevation.

[dzerres]

more ...add the remainder of the water LATER (the 8 gal version is just too big too drag around). I start the season with the 3 gal, go to the 5 and 8 gal and then back down to the 3 as the season winds down.  Send me a link to your project next year. Good luck.

[dzerres]

glad to help it certainly cut down my work and the expense of all those feeders. Remember, you can't hang these things so you have to build some kind of platform up away from critters. I got some black PVC pipe with a flat cap or collar and put a plywood platform on top of that. It has a little lip to help center it. Make sure you can reach the top from either a deck or something. I clean it out, add the right amount of sugar and just enough warm water to melt the sugar.

[TZ2OurLittleDogToo]

fantastic idea! If this works for me you have saved me HOURS of work every yr. I fill 12 of the QUART size feeders TWICE a day once the babies fledge until migration. We get swarms of the little darlings, but it takes all my time to keep feeders clean and full. THANK you for this idea!!

[ILIKEGOINGPOOPIE432]

Oh my god!

[rraudiogal]

I have never seen so many at one time!

[greg4197]

what state is this in?

[dzerres]

@greg4197 

[dzerres]

@dzerres Winter Park, Colorado

[Kennedale01]

Thanks for sharing; it's practically social-hour out there...and it's neat to see a different type of feeder than the regular cylinder/dish type.

[MulanXP]

iam sad about theres no hummungbirds in my latitude.

[xxxabc123xx]

wow ive never seen so many at one feeder!!

[DesertOperations]

that squirrel didn't scare them off i am amazed

[x7319808]

What a GANG!

[rubyfire]

Oh wow! I've never seen so many humming birds in one place before. They are just amazing!

[awells88]

Thats really cool!

[130Wife]

Thanks for sharing. this is great.

[parrotletparrots]

This video is just amazing. How beautiful these little ones are. I'm amazed and love watching this video. Their so fast.

[IvyAcres]

How did you get them started to use your feeder? I have a dish very much like the one you are using and can't get them to use it.

[MSUBooBoo]

how come the hummingbirds aren't fighting. We have one that chases all the others away.

[1MissyPooh5]

Wow! So many at once in the same spot! TFS!

[HeavenOfTrance]

LOL... the squirrel in the back.. it s kinda confused of so many humming birds =D

[EcofilmsbyEHomer]

That's great, everybody is belly up to the bar. I just posted a hummingbird video clip at my channel. Some great slo mo and close-ups.

[LordAnole]

how long did it take to have that many come there?

[eurosalamander]

Hmm, nice. Lots of them too. But if there was a squirrel, I think I missed it.

[sgtbenadair]

they almost look animated. i know they are not though

[lillybomb]

What is that contraption and where can I get one? is it a mister?

[dzerres]

it's a chicken waterer that I fixed up

[estabon24]

hollllllllllly jeeez thats alot

[kyleleigh06]

whoa ive never seen so many together, where can i find a dish like that?can you place regular necter or sugar water in it?that is soooo cool

[dzerres]

1 cup sugar to 4 cups water - no coloring. the dish is part of a chicken waterer that I fixed up.

[marshallbentley]

Please tell me what you have in this dish. Is it sugar water 25% sugar like I feed? I want to try this at once.

[dzerres]

4 to 1 sugar/water. no need to boil, no need to add coloring. I use warm water to aid in the dissolving.

[tobylen]

wow! i can't say anything except for WOW! i love hummingbirds, i bought 3 big feeders but i have only 2 hummingbirds roaming around. but still im so happy watching them!

[Sabot46290]

They're such talkative things! I can hear them outside, but I don't get the stereo-effect like you do :P Great video, thanks for posting.

[KatushaK]

WOW! I love hummingbirds so much!

[wkbassett]

at my house in upstate new york (northeast usa) we get at most four hummers. you have a shitload! where are you located?

[dzerres]

@wkbassett Winter Park, Colorado

[dbbubba]

lol. It took me awhile to notice the squirrel. I had to watch the clip lyk, four times, but it was worth it!

[unccrazy333]

i think id like to try this, what is the tray resting on?

[dzerres]

Because we have bears that tear up my feeders this chicken waterer sits on top of a platform which is on top of a 12 foot pole just out of reach, I hope, of a would be bear on the deck. Even the racoons haven't figured out how to get out there.

[JesterInSD]

What a great idea. I get that many and think I will try this out myself. I'm also curious about bees and wasps.

I think I missed the squirrel. Wonderful video.

[dzerres]

The squirrel appears between the 5th and 7th second of the video on the tree in the back. Along with the 7 gallon chicken feeder I bought a 5 gallon one for the other side of the house. I set it out on May 18th and already have between 10 and 20 hummers hanging around - mostly males but one or two females too.

[dzerres]

Less of a problem than my regular Perky Pet feeders. No place for them to perch apparently. Occasionally I swat one but no biggie.

[lottietoo]

Great! If this were on a loop I could watch it all day.

[dzerres]

well next summer you're going have to come up and see them in person - you literally can watch them all day. In the meantime I'm sure Lottie will be happy just to watch this loop.

[MeteoricDragon]

That's cool to have a feeder that large. take a look at the video I have on my profile of our humming birds.

[dzerres]

you have enough hummers to do what I did - buy a chicken waterer. That's what that tray is. Paint the edge brown so they can distinguish where to sit. It's easier to keep that open tray filled with juice and its easier to keep clean.

[sprichbeeke]

How do you keep the wasps and bees away from it???

[zestCC]

howdy, i read all about this today, put a little bit of vegatable oil around the ports that the hummers drink from, worked for me so far, is=ts messes up the wasps sense of smeel or something anyways, best of luck!

[cheeryohs]

i just love this.. i keep coming back and watching it!

[rleltzroth]

That's got to be the world's largest hummingbird feeder!

[dzerres]

it's the bottom of a chicken/poultry waterer. I put the 7 gallon jug into the tray when I leave for the week and take it out when I'm home so I can see all the activity.

[thebigdaddye]

that's awesome to see that many at one feeder! now we know why you have a feeder that big. we have a couple that visit our feeder and i wish i had that many at ours. anyway thanks for posting that's cool to see so many hummingbirds in one spot. thanks