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Apparently there is a theory that humming birds that sit on the perches of the feeders to drink can get hypothermia and die. My experience says that sometimes they hover and sometimes they sit, it just depends on the humming bird and how many of them are at the feeder at once.

Is there any evidence to back this up?

Apparently, there is a theory that says

Hummingbirds can become hypothermic if they sit on a feeder perch and drink several cropfuls of cold sugar water early in the morning. The birds fall to the ground unresponsive if they become extremely hypothermic. If they are not found before they die and warmed up, they just lay on the ground or in one case on the chair until they die.

My experience says that sometimes they hover and sometimes they sit, it just depends on the hummingbird and how many of them are at the feeder at once.

Is there any evidence to back this theory up?

Apparently there is a theory that humming birds that sit on the perches of the feeders to drink can get hypothermia and die. My experience says that sometimes they hover and sometimes they sit, it just depends on the humming bird.

Is there any evidence to back this up?

Apparently there is a theory that humming birds that sit on the perches of the feeders to drink can get hypothermia and die. My experience says that sometimes they hover and sometimes they sit, it just depends on the humming bird and how many of them are at the feeder at once.

Is there any evidence to back this up?