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Date: 7/7/25 3:31 am From: John Gregoire <johnandsuegregoire...> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] ants in bird-feeders
Strongly advise against your suggestion to use soap Paul. Physically, breaking the surface tension is as you describe BUT, many birds including hummers drink from the ant cups. John On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM Paul Schmitt <pschmitt9...> wrote: > Ant guards only work if you add and a small, very small bit of soap to > break the surface tension. Think Dawn. Similarly, I add a drop or two of > dawn to the dandelion treatment so the treatment wets the weeds natural > surface barrier. > > > Mine are hung from the house overhang by a 16 gauge wire with the ant > guard at eye level. There is a S hook next to accept the feeder. > > Also, NO RED DYE please. > > Good luck. > > Paul > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 6, 2025, at 2:41 PM, Sandra J. Kisner <sjk3...> wrote: > > > > Any suggestions for keeping ants out of hummingbird feeders? My > sister-in-law has one, and even with an ant-guard on it they get in (and > drown). > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --

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