âDisability is not inabilityâ was said by Harold Russell (1914-2002) in May 1947. Russell won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), where he played the role of Homer Parrish, a sailor who lost both hands during the war.
Hummingbird feeders should be cleaned each time the nectar is changed. The nectar should be changedevery 3 to 4 days or if the nectar is cloudy, moldy of if contaminated by insects or dirt. Hummingbirds are extremely sensitive to the quality of the nectar.
You might as well enjoy their visits on their way. I always keep my feeders up for a few weeks after I stop seeing hummingbirds in the fall. I continue to change the syrup every couple of jays, to keep the feeder clean and free from mold and fermentation. Sometimes a late hummingbird straggles by long after all the others have gone. This might be a young bird that hatched late in the season and that wasn't ready to migrate when the others left.