Although we have had our sugar feeder up for 6 weeks we have NOT had any Ruby's coming by for sustenance - I have changed the sugar water twice to keep it fresh. Perhaps they are busy with NATURAL flowers as this has been an excellent year for Honey Bees - our local commercial beekeeper says this is the best year he has experienced in over 40 years. Albany near ATHENS, SE Ohio, Scott Moody ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]