Todd Merefield wrote: > Does anyone have an opinion whether hummingbirds prefer the store > bought red nectar or just plain old 4 parts water to 1 part sugar? > > I am not having any luck attracting them to my feeders. I have seen a > few females in the yard feeding on my flowers, but they don't even go > up to the feeders, which have been out since May. I was using water > and sugar. My feeders are the saucer shaped ones with perches. I > recently switched to a mix I bought from Home Depot. It's been in > there for about a week and still nothing. > > Last year I put my first hummingbird feeder up in late July (a > different style feeder than those that I have now ... it broke). I > used the red store-bought nectar. There were regular visits daily > from Ruby-Throats from mid August until mid September. > > Anybody else having problems this year? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > It?s a talkathon ? but it?s not just talk. Check out the i?m > Talkathon. > <http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > --- > This mailing list is sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. > Mailing list membership available on-line at http://moumn.org/subscribe.html. > ----- > To unsubscribe send a blank email to mou-net-request at moumn.org with a > subject of unsubscribe. > I believe that it is generally agreed by all Hummingbird experts that 4 water to 1 sugar it better and less expensive than the colored store bought nectar. The birds do not drink red nectar in the wilds so why in a feeder? I have not seen any hummers since May but, they are around.
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