How do I deal with the dirty Hummingbirds that dip their dirty peckers in my feeder and getting it all messed up?

[Bricealan]

All right, toughest thing I have had to deal with recently. I keep the feeder well filled with good sugar water and they love it, but the problem is their DIRTY PECKERS! The feeder was empty this morning, as usual, but this time, the pecker holes were 'filthy! I spent 15 minutes with Q-tips cleaning out the Pecker Holes! I'm going to my fav. store for bird food and see if they have "Humming Bird Pecker Cleaner" - or maybe Amazon... I thought about a sign posted by the feeder..."YOU GUYS WITH DIRTY PECKERS, STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY FEEDER UNTIL YOU CLEAN YOUR PECKERS- NO DIRTY PECKERS ALLOWED'!

Now, I think I know how some poor bastard feels that works in a Glory Hole gay bar, having to clean up all of those 'holes' and can only imagine the dirty peckers they have to deal with there.

Anyway, anybody have a suggestion on how to deal with the Hummers with dirty peckers?

[Fireguy17]

It might be something other than humming birds.
We had a trail camera on ours and we had every bird under the sun on it.
Snarfing away like it was free.

[Bricealan]

Never saw that much dirt on my feeder, and could not even clean it up with qtips?
Thanks for the input.

[Fireguy17]

Hummingbirds just eat nectar, they don't do anything in the dirt.
Possum, raccoon, hard to say.
Do you know anyone that has a trail cam, maybe you could borrow it.
Try relocating your feeder.
Remember, don't use the red stuff, supposedly it effects the shells on their eggs.

[Bricealan]

I keep the feeder hanging on a Sheppard's Pole in front of the kitchen window and usually only seem Hummers eating out of it? Real puzzler for me. What I see around the 'feed' holes is very dark, black and sticky.

[Fireguy17]

It's a mystery.
Midnight marauders.