![]() This top fill feeder is easy to fill and features realistic-looking flowers to attract your. This one is via tripod through a closed window. Give pretty pollinators a place to perch while they dine on nectar. A telephoto works best for this method by I have used an 18-55 and 50 for the tripod method. I have also had luck sitting quietly in a lawn chair near the feeder with the camera ready. I normally use the tripod, pre-focus, fast shutter speed and remote shutter to get my shots. I've also mounted a camera right next to the feeder (on a tripod or gorilla-pod), and fired it remotely. Make sure your lens can focus that close. I've sat quietly on her deck with a bright flower rubber banded to the end of my lens. Patience, determination, and luck are required as if there are more than one they are always busy chasing each other around. They are used to people, and will sometimes cooperate by hovering right in front of us for long enough to get a pic. ![]() My mom puts out six hummingbird feeders, and her house is constantly surrounded by dozens and dozens of hummingbirds. The curved plastic tube has a red tip to attract hummingbirds. By using the best hummingbird feeder, you can attracts tons of hummingbirds to your feeder, get some great photos, and observe them. Many people like it because it has an antique vintage look that can also be used as a decorative piece in your lawn. I have one humming bird feeder, and we see up to 3 hummingbirds at a time. The stopper is tapered and measures 1 at the top and 5/8 at the bottom. Apparently, it is quite popular amongst the bird watcher forums and is a collector’s item. Henry Peach wrote: Put out a bunch of feeders. The other week, I was on my deck looking at the feeder trying to figure out ways to keep the ants off and a humming bird flew right up the feeder and fed. You have to wonder how much of this increase is due to the increase of birders/feeders, and this forum, as far as their being reported The birds will survive. You can get really damn close to a humming bird without scaring them off. I have shot hummingbirds with the following lenses. The move quick.to the feeder and leaving. You want to be still, you don't have to as still as a statue, but don't be doing jumping jacks either. If they see anything that moves they will fly away. If you hand hold the camera, try and not move around shooting. It be better to place the camera on a tripod, instead of hand holding. Hummingbirds love bright colors.especially red. Also try to place the feeder near flowers. Such as a garden, or on a porch where there isn't alot of traffic. Place a feeder somewhere where there is a no distraction. ![]() This means they ingest 17 times more red dye than the maximum daily limit recommended for humans.It's best to take the pictures at a feeder, instead of trying to shoot them feeding off flowers (which is awesome when you get those shots, but when learning.shoot with a feeder first). Hummingbirds consume 10g of nectar solution per day. ![]() The Accepted Daily Intake (ADI) for Red #40 approved for human consumption by the World Health Organization is a maximum of 7 mg per kg (0.007 mg/g) of body weight (equivalent to 0.007 mg per g body weight). The amount of dye is not regulated, and the birds are so small that ounce for ounce they are exposed to levels that far exceed amounts known to be harmful. The concern about red dye comes not only from possible dangers of the chemical itself, but also from how the birds consume it. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology strongly recommends against using red dye in feeders: "There is no research that proves red dye is safe for hummingbirds, and very compelling anecdotal information from experienced, licensed rehabbers that hummers who have been fed dyed food have higher mortality and suffer tumors of the bill and liver." Although this dye is approved by the FDA in the United States, there is enough uncertainty about the safety of Red Dye #40 that it is banned in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland. Unfortunately, many are not getting the message.Ĭommercial nectars contain a petroleum-based dye, Red Dye #40. Saw two feeders out at houses as I drove around yesterday. The TUGBBS forums are completely free and open to the public and exist as the absolute best place for owners to get help and advice about their timeshares.
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