![]() ![]() Just what I needed thanks - the recipe for the hummingbird food. What if the hummer comes flying through the same air or the poison settles on the plants and flowers around the feed. We need to stop using chemical poisons - they are indiscriminate. I would never spray insecticide in the air at a bee (is it a yellow jacket?). ![]() One post mentioned adding liquid vitamins to the nectar and that should never be Bees need food too. Enjoy them at your feeder but don't worry about supplementing their diet in any other way. They use the sucrose for energy and get their nutrients from insects. Sugar/water is all hummingbirds need from you? As a matter of fact, if you stop putting it out they would still be just fine. Just reading comments and wish people would do a little research. As far as the vitamins, it is akin to constantly rewarding your kids with candy, given a choice the sugar will be preferred over what is best and as most parents know and do, you add in things for their health just as one should do for the birds and other animals. Certain plants around your home will not draw them in to be observed as the feeders do which is why the people put out the feeders in the first place, not because they are worried about their intake. Yes if you stop putting it out they would be fine but that is not why people put the feeders out which you would understand if you actually took time to read without the know it all attitude getting in the way which most of the time ends up being partially if not completely incorrect. The_Mommy_Person on June 09, Research? How about a degree in Zoo and Aquarium Science (which more than includes ornithology) as well as 25+ years in wildlife rehabilitation. HUMMINGBIRD FOOD RATIO PLUSAgain, my 25+ years in wildlife rehab and my degree in zoo and aquarium science which includes ornithology plus my volunteer work at the aviary more than supports adding the vitamins to the feeders Given a choice any creature will choose the sugar over what is best/needed. The_Mommy_Person on June 09, You are incorrect. Great Lens! Thank you for sharing this lens "The Perfect Hummingbird Food Recipe". I put it on with my finger after I've hung my feeder with fresh nectar. Just make sure you do this each time you refill the feeder. Using the Vaseline has kept all ants away every time. This works great and it comes off when I wash it in soapy hot water. Teresa Matthews-I put a very small amount of Vaseline on the line/string/cord, where the feeder is hanging from at the top of the nail/hook. Even though they get the bird feeder spinning and we end up with sugar water all over the sliding glass door. They are further north than what they are supposed to be according to the bird book, but we enjoy seeing them. It is funny as a few houses from me people also have feeders out, but have not seen the orioles. Molly isn't so sure about them either as they are quite a bit bigger than the hummingbirds. They are not happy with the yellow birds. The birds are now sharing their feeder with Scott's orioles who have been showing up lately. I have seen them looking in the door to see where she is at if she is not in the kitchen. She chatters to the birds and they actually come down low and talk to her. We have the feeder outside the sliding glass door. Molly my indoor Siamese loves the hummingbirds. Mary Stephenson from California on July 20, 2013: HUMMINGBIRD FOOD RATIO HOW TOI am emailing him your hummingbird food recipe so he can see how to save some money by making our own food for the birds. My husband is actually the one who feeds the hummingbirds. I add cayenne pepper to bird seed, but was wondering if there is an equivalent for hummingbird food. The squirrel hangs upside down, tilts the feeder, and drinks drink the food. I have a question for all - how do you keep squirrels from drinking from the hummingbird feeder? I have a bottle type feeder. Everyone in the neighborhood is jealous because they are all over at my house. Sometimes I add a 1/4 teaspoon organic cherry juice to the mixture too. Then I boil it for 2 minutes and let it cool down. My mixture is 6 cups of water to 4 cups of sugar. I had 4 big feeders and had to fill them every other day, they were flying around like a swarm of Bees. ![]() My Humming Birds last year where so hungry for my nectar that they were bouncing on each others shoulders to take make each other move so they could take turns. Linda-christoffersen-14 on June 09, 2014: We put the feeders in plant pots right in front of us here they come. The only ones are the small cheap plastic ones. I an neighbors have bought Al kinds of feeders for them. The humming birds here do not seem to eat from feeders that do not have the yellow flower in the center of the red flower. ![]()
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