The following question was presented:
In the blistering heat of the East Bay I finally got round to putting up the hummingbird feeder that I won when I went to the Mount Diablo Audubon Society meeting. After sweating heavily to get the thing setup where her indoors wanted it, I said to Karen “I'm surprised it's OK to put one of these things up in direct sunlight given that the feed is water based.” Ooops. Guess we should have read the instructions first. So this week's question - will my hummingbird feeder last in direct sunlight or will I have to move it next weekend?
Results:
No - it will need to be moved was the clear winner with 50% of the votes selected from the following:
- Yes - it will be fine where it is (33%)
- No - it will need to be moved (50%)
- N/A - someone will creep round and steal it (17%)
Graphic of Results:
Pre-Result Discussion
Analysis:
Seems a last minute vote came in to tip the balance in favor of “no - it will have to be moved.” Trouble is that this vote doesn't take into consideration my innate laziness and the fact that I've got better things to do at the weekend than re-position a hummingbird feeder. So, it's going to stay where it is for the time being. That isn't to say this it won't get moved in the end, but it's certainly going to stay where it is for a few weeks and, as I noted in my comment, it doesn't seem to be bothering the hummingbirds. The good thing about hummingbirds is the fact that they can't read, so they weren't able to read the instructions either, so they don't know they're not supposed to use the feeder when it's in direct sunlight.
I guess one other positive note is the fact that it hasn't been stolen yet either.
20:15:23
19th April 2009