10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A Schrodt glass for your Hummingbirds,
May 10, 2011 Aceto "All knowledge is sorrow." (Meilhan Sur Garonne) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Schrodt Designs ~ Glass Hummingbird Feeder ~ Ruby Red ~ HBLR (Misc.)
Hummingbirds love this feeder and so do I. For several years these Schrodt feeders were difficult to find and if you found one, you had to pay premium. I am glad to see the feeders back with the same beautiful recycled French bottles. Schrodt feeder owners don't want any sacrifice to quality. We have 5 of this style in different colors. The Schrodt feeders are, to my mind, the most stylish of feeders; and the birds act as if they are at the yearly Crouch & Fitzgerald handbag clearance sale.
Some glass feeders regularly drip the sugar water food, which means open bar to ants. In 3 years, I have had no problem with dripping. But I am careful not to drip when hanging them and I clean any drops away from where they are hung. The brass, redwood and glass are long-lasting and stay looking good.
I have interchanged the feeders to see if the hummingbirds show a color preference; they seem to have preference to location but not color. --But I do. I love the pink, blue...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Beautiful Feeder Loved By Hummingbirds For 7 Years!,
January 29, 2012 A.N. Other (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Schrodt Designs ~ Glass Hummingbird Feeder ~ Ruby Red ~ HBLR (Misc.)
I started with the plain glass version but have had the ruby-red glass feeder for the last six years and the hummingbirds simply love it. They first have to notice the feeder (red may help in this regard). Then the loyalty of these highly discriminating birds will be determined by the proportion of white castor sugar that you boil in their water before cooling it off and leaving it for them. I use as much sugar-to-water as will result in flowing sugary-water when cool which is approx. 40% sugar/ 60% water. When I once dropped that ratio, an angry hummingbird drove his beak into the French window six times really hard to let customer service know its unacceptability! Bacteria grows so strongly in that sugary-water that it needs to be changed every four or five days as the birds will wisely stop feeding to remind you!
Hummingbirds are territorial during the day but relax that imperative at dusk in recognition of their need to feed for survival before the long night ahead. So...Read more
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