Plus, who doesn’t love watching hummingbirds dive and dart playfully around the feeders.
Below, we share our favorite hummingbird facts and a recipe for homemade hummingbird food made from sugar water.
What Do Hummingbirds Eat?
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Help the birds even further and complement nectar-rich plants by placing ahummingbird feeder in your yard.
Avoid the commercial feed and make your own hummingbird food with these simple steps.
Just multiply the ingredients below if you want to make more than a cup.
While the red color certainly attracts hummingbirds, dyes could potentially be harmful to birds.
Better still,cluster pots of brightly colored flowersaround the feeder to make it attract the attention of hummingbirds.
If the sugar water begins to look cloudy, empty the feeder immediately.
Wash feeders thoroughly before refilling with fresh hummingbird food.
To help hummingbird food last longer, hang feeders in shade during hot weather.
Some bird enthusiasts will wrap feeder reservoirs in aluminum foil to reflect sunlight and heat.
Store leftover sugar water in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
