The answer may surprise you.
According to the National Audubon Society, feeders can be kept out as long as there are hummingbirds around.
Sea McKeon, Director of Marine Program forAmerican Bird Conservancy,agrees.
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I live in central Florida, McKeon tells Southern Living.
These winter visitors can make the effort of maintaining a year-round feeder worthwhile.
McKeon also notes that other nectar feeding birds and animals will use hummingbird feeders, too.
Orioles, some warblers, bananaquits, moths, (and) lovely nectar-feeding bats, he says.
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The sugar water mixture can spoil relatively quickly given the weather, McKeon explains.
Simply put: Hummingbirds are creatures of habit.
