For the past several days the hummingbirds have been going through 12 quarts (11.4 liters) of hummingbird nectar per day. The mix is 4:1 water to sugar by volume.

I missed out on a picture I really would have liked to get: Susitna, the girl cat and the huntress of the family, was standing on her hind legs on a table on the deck, stretching as far as she could but still a good meter below the feeders. I would caption the photo: "Why do they put these cat food dispensers so high off the ground?"

tanstaafl.