Date: 5/20/25 1:59 pm From: anneboby <00000038cbe79a41-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] VTBIRD Digest - 18 May 2025 to 19 May 2025 (#2025-96)
To the contrary. The colder the air temp, the more that hummers need to drink to supply the energy to maintain body warmth. They need the calories. They cannot abandon their food supply simply because it is just out of the fridge. I have seen numerous hummers feed at feeders with ice in the feeder.
Bob Yunick
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 10:57:22 AM EDT, turtlefeathers <turtlefeathers4...> wrote:
I don't know if it's necessary, but I, too, was concerned about nectar
straight from the fridge. I take it out and set it next to my brewing
coffee pot so it's at room temperature by the time I'm caffeinated and
ready to go out to the feeders. :) I guess if it's too cold they are wise
enough not to drink it.
"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." M. L.
King
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 15:52:37 -0400
> From: Jared Katz <jdkatzvt...>
> Subject: Hummingbird nectar
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> Does anyone allow nectar to come to room temperature before feeding
> hummingbirds? I was thinking today that refrigerated nectar might reduce
> body temps, and on a cool day like today that might not be desirable (more
> calorically expensive). I make a quart at a time and refrigerate the
> excess. Curious if folks have thoughts abut this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jared
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