I would love to know were they are getting it from. It isn't any of my immediate neighbors. Maybe I should feed them since they have acquired a taste for sugar!
Also, in my neighborhood, they do go after the hummingbird feed, but also can collect fruit juice from cactus fruits, usually from several different species of Opuntia (prickly pear). Though I've noticed deleterious effects when nurse bees use it to feed larvae, especially queen larvae.
I found the same thing last year. I sure was puzzled until I was talking to my neighbor about our bird feeders and she said said "I can't believe how fast the hummingbird feeder is going down". That's when I walked over and had a look and we all know what I saw!
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