Do hummingbirds bother butterflies?
Posted: Jun 28, 2008 6:16 pm
Is it a bad idea to put a hummingbird feeder in my butterfly garden?
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Posted: Jun 28, 2008 9:56 pm
nope!
Posted: Jun 28, 2008 11:29 pm
Ditto Claudia! 
Posted: Jun 29, 2008 7:58 am
Thanks! I thought I should check after learning that praying mantises eat hummingbirds. 
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Ya never know what you'll learn next!Posted: Jun 29, 2008 2:00 pm
It can happen on a rare occacsion. If I spot one close to my feeders I just move it to another area! I had a couple of really HUGE ones last year that I put over in the wooded area since they were sooo big! 
Posted: Jun 29, 2008 5:37 pm
We had butterfly bushes in GA and the hummers and butterflys shared them peacefully. The hummers didn't like each other and almost impaled me on occasion!
Posted: Jul 02, 2008 2:51 am
I know that hummingbirds are competitive with each other.Spider wrote:We had butterfly bushes in GA and the hummers and butterflys shared them peacefully. The hummers didn't like each other and almost impaled me on occasion!
Right now I have blackbirds that chase the cardinals and bluejays away from my platform feeder. I've decided to stop filling the feeder for a while. I hope the blackbirds go away and I hope the bluejays return in a week or so. I'm glad we don't have any squirrels!