I have had feeders out for the past several years but never put any out this year, the regular feeders for birds were attracting to many squirrels and snakes were being attracted to the birds. The hummingbird feeders were attracting tons of yellow jackets, so this year I never put them out, but even when I had feeders the hummingbirds loved the oaks and willows. I decided just to plant more flowers and not fool with the feeders. I never seemed to attract but a few hummers to the feeder, my neighbor would have a dozen around her feeder at once, I don't think I ever had more that three or four at one time, maybe they were out working the flowers and trees?