Hummingbirds & Feeding Them

Hummingbird season is upon us again! My husband and I saw our first hummingbird today. So we quickly came in and mixed up some food for them and put out two of our feeders.

Hummingbirds are fun to watch and feed. The pictures you see here are from previous years here at our house. As the numbers of hummingbirds grow we put more feeders out for them. They have gotten so used to us that we are able to sit just a few feet from the feeder and watch them. Something else we do for them is that sometimes we will set our hose sprayer on mist and just spray up into the sky and they will dive through the mist for a drink of water. I encourage everyone to put up at least one hummingbird feeder.

Here is the mixture we use:

4 parts water
1 part white sugar

We do not use food coloring. It isn't needed (as you can see by the pictures) and not really sure how safe that colorant is for the birds.

I hope you get a chance to enjoy the amazing little birds!