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Sweet Don
If I don't make the nectar in my hummingbird feeder sweet enough, will it effect them using it??
I recently purchased a hummingbird feeder, but I don't know it I made the nectar sweet enough. Hummingbirds are not coming to it at all, and I have seen them in the neighborhood in previous times.
What can I do to get them attracted to it?
I bought nectar packets at wal mart that when I added water, it turned red, although I may not have added enough of the packet, therefore I didn't know if they could sense sweetness, or is it just the red they are attracted to?
Should I or Should I NOT color the solution????
Why or Why Not??
No, Trevor, I believe the color is actually more for the
hummingbird because they say they are attracted to red:) But thanks for your help!!
Ok, to the people who say that they have never noticed a problem with putting red dye in their feeders...are you an avian vet? Do you actually capture the birds to inspect them? Then how would you know if there is a problem internally? It's not like they will turn red on the outside because of the dye. Sheesh. Red dye is being shown to cause tumors in humminbirds. Heck, even people are starting to not want Red Dye #40 in their food, so imagine a tiny little animal injesting tons of it. Hummers are attracted to red, but most feeders have it already, so don't bother.
The correct amount is 1 part sugar to 4 parts water. You don't want to add anything else. No honey (very toxic to hummers), no KoolAid, no nothing. Buying packets in the store is a waste of money. Some people are led to believe that hummers need the extra "vitamins" in the packets, but hummers don't use feeders enough to say that they are relying on it to stay alive. Most nourishment that hummers get in their day is from flowers and bugs. Yes, they eat bugs, and lots of them. A feeder is just a nice snack. It is really useful to a hummer in the early morning right before the sun comes up and right after the sun goes down. Hummers have lightening fast metabolisms and when they wake up, they are ravenous. They like having a place that they know there will be food right when they wake up. Same goes for at night. They have to stock up before sleep. There is even a species of hummer in South America that can starve to death in it's sleep.
Once you get the mixture right, play around with where your feeder is. They don't care if it is near a window, so long as there isn't too much movement from right inside the house. Keep it up away from the cats, and preferably in a dappled shade spot (so the mixture doesn't spoil in the sun). Try different places for a few days at a time to see where they like it the most.
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