The Easiest Way to Keep Ants Out of Hummingbird and Oriole Feeders
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2023
- Keeping ants out of hummingbird and oriole feeders is much simpler than many think. Using water in an ant moat will keep ants out.
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Mark McKellar is a wildlife biologist with over 35 years of bird study experience. He has a degree in Fish and Wildlife Sciences from North Carolina State University and has worked for the Department of the Army, the Wildlife Departments of North Carolina and Missouri. He ran nature centers for many years in Missouri and Pennsylvania before buying the Backyard Bird Center in the Northland area of Kansas City. Mark has led hundreds of bird hikes both locally and abroad. He has taught classes about birds and other wildlife to groups of all ages and brings that knowledge to the customers of his retail business every day. More information about Mark at backyardbirdcenter.com/about-...
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THANK YOU! Yesterday I had to refill all of my feeders because there were ants. I do have the ones with the moats on top, but they had dried out before I could refill them with water. I'll be ordering yours from your store today.
You are welcome. They are excellent.
Thank you Mark! I was ready to give up cuz of those darn ants. I appreciate your insight and sharing with me. I can hang up my hummingbird feeder again and enjoy these special birds.❤️.
So glad to help. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much...simple remedy!
My pleasure 😊
So simple! Thanks for the tip and also the pictures of the birds drinking the water (:
You are welcome!
Thank you
over the past couple of days i've seen a regular-sized bird going to my hummingbird feeder in the front yard. I can't figure out what it is, I thought it could possibly be some large type of hummingbird that got blown off course during a storm since there have been a lot of strong ones. maybe it's a normal bird eating ants from the feeder. it's 4x the size of the ruby throateds and flaps its wings to fly as a larger bird does rather than the too-fast-to-see-buzzing hover that regular sized hummingbirds do.
When I did the every-2-day feeder cleaning yesterday, there was a sunflower seed shell from the regular bird feeder i placed this year about 25 feet from the hummingbird feeder. this is why i think it's probably a regular bird that's discovered there are sometimes ants on the hummingbird feeder.
There are several birds that will drink at hummingbird feeders. Orioles are the most famous but Downy Woodpeckers and Red-bellied Woodpeckers have been known to sneak a drink of the sugar water as well.
Make your own moats using a clear mastic 8-oz cup, a wine cork and 2 cup hooks. Screw one hook into the top/center of the cork, and the second hook through the underside of the cup into the bottom/center of the cork. The hooks are your hangers, the cup holds plenty of water, and the pressure of the bottom hook on the cup/cork prevents leaks. Takes about 30 seconds, no tools needed (I did use a push pin to start the hole through the cup), costs pennies.
Plastic cup!!
Thank you! Just received my ant moats! I saw another video which said to use oil. I will not thanks to your advice! 🪶
Excellent. Thank you for the support
What about mosquitos laying eggs in the water?
@@triciaskiles If you live in a high mosquito area, change the water each time you change the nectar.
Is the Hummblossom bee proof? Thanks!
By themselves, they are highly bee resistant. Just fill them about half full. To make the totally bee proof, you can add Aspects Nectar Guards.
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I do use an ant moat. So far so good.
Just keep water in them and you should be good.
if you mix in a little glycerin to the water, the water won't evaporate as quickly.
Glycerin has the potential to be dangerous for birds. Especially if it gets on their feathers.