This is the second Perky-Pet hummingbird feeder I've owned. The first was a great success, drew hummingbirds like a magnet, but I broke it this spring. I couldn't find a replacement locally so I purchased instead a plastic feeder with fake flowers protruding from it. It was a little tacky, but didn't think the hummingbirds would mind. I was wrong. Almost overnight they disappeared completely. We had a cold, wet spring and I began to wonder if there had been a die-off of some kind.