Does human presence deter some predators but attract others?

The first thing you should do is clean your feeder, make a fresh mixture of sugar water, and hang the feeder back up so that your bird can eat artificial ... Sep 3, 2023 ... I did a little research and learned that praying mantises can also kill and eat hummingbirds. Wild! Did you all know that? It would never ... Jun 14, 2022 ... Nectar, either from suitable flowers or sugar water solutions, is the most abundant and popular source of hummingbird food. Apr 26, 2017 ... what was I thinking?) and sat down to mingle with other guests as I ate my dessert. I needed a moment of silence. In fact, I think someone asked ... Aug 28, 2019 ... I live in southern Mexico and I saw a juvenile Mexican spiny-tailed iguana eating a hummingbird on the windowsill next to a feeder. I of ... Jul 3, 2018 ... In addition to nectar from flowers and feeders, these birds eat small insects, beetles, ants, aphids, gnats, mosquitoes, and wasp. So, ... Sep 22, 2019 ... Lindsey Micek Creighton Micek so the dragonflies came for the extra mosquitos from the flood, and they may be killing your hummingbirds. 6 yrs. May 14, 2014 ... Hummingbirds eat insects to add proteins and minerals to their diets. They may pick these insects off leaves and trees (a process called gleaning). Hummingbirds are the only birds known to fly backward. Their hearts beat at 1260 beats per minute. The Anna's hummingbird eats more insects than any other North ... The main predators of hummingbirds are housecats, poisonous spiders, and snakes. The cats instinctively kill the birds, often without eating them, when the ...