i got a humming bird feeder for my wife a while ago. She loves just about any critter, so I figured this would interest her. It took a little while, but now we have about six that hang around regularly. The wife is enthralled! She tell me daily about what one did, or how close they get to her. They really are beautiful little buggars, but are really tough little things. They fight over the feeder constantly. The point here, if you want brownie points with the old lady, now you know how!