I don't know how common hummingbirds are in your area. If you get wasps, there are a couple of things to avoid. 1) Don't use a feeder with any yellow at the feeding ports. I heard that attracts them. 2) Make sure your feeder is not leaking or that you do not get any of the sugar water spilled on the outside of the feeder. I stayed at a B & B in Arizona to photograph hummingbirds in April 2010. The owner maintained about 30 feeders, and she was very careful not to splash any of the sugar water. I unfortunately did when I hung a feeder up outside of the Casita and noticed mine was the only one attracting lots of wasps or yellow jackets. I've been careful ever since.
Every year I hope to find a hummer nest in my yard. I had my first opportunity to photograph a nest last summer about 30 minutes from here, but they were pretty far away and there was no way to get closer because the nest was over a river.
) when a hummmingbird came zooming at me, flying at headlevel. Two feet away, it screeched to a stop, hovered for about ten seconds, and then flitted away as fast as it could go. So adorable, and so funny! They always love our rose bushes. :lol:
