Hummingbirds!

I have to admit, I love to watch the hummingbirds in our back yard.  Ours aren't the tame ones that my sister in law has though.  Ours are pretty aggressive towards each other and afraid of us, even though we're out there near their feeders ... a lot.

One issue that we have year after year with our feeders is that they get full of ants and hornets, but ants especially.  Someone introduced me to an insect guard that you connect to the top of your feeder in order to keep the ants (especially) out!  I found a two pack on Amazon (Insect Guard for Hummingbird Feeder) for very inexpensive!  I've also found on Amazon (Parasol Ant Moat)

I think, because it's my birthday today, I'm going to go all out and buy one of each of those and two of these (Antique Looking Hummingbird Feeder).  Those will fill up the remaining hooks on our Shepard's posts - and hopefully keep the hummingbirds nicer and well fed out of feeders that are free from pests!!

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