Finally figured out a safe way to provide enough warmth to my feeders that kept them from freezing. Last two evenings I would turn the lights off and bring in the feeders and then put them out under the lights in the morning.
Tonight the hummer never left and I kept the light on. Then, at 6:30 pm when I looked out to check on him he was hanging upside down off the feeder. This must be what is described as "torpor." The link below is to a photograph of a hummingbird in torpor. The attachments are a photo I took with my phone of the hummer in my carport.
Just seems so precarious and I wonder if he will make it through the night even with the light left on.
Gayle Stebbings
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