Hummingbirds are great to have in your garden, and while the best way to attract them is always going to be colorful plants which produce lots of nectar, hummingbird feeders can help attract the birds even if you are in the center of a city. You will be surprised how easy it is to attract the hummingbirds, and once they are they become regular visitors to your garden it is fascinating to watch the beautiful birds.
Hummingbirds love a feeder mix to have sugary water that is refilled with fresh supplies regularly. Like any bird, if you make the feeders a reliable source of nutritious food the birds will get to know it, and before long they will keep returning. Hopefully they will also bring some friends too! It is important to keep away other animals and insects from the feeder otherwise the hummingbirds may decide not to use it. One of the main insects you'll need to try and keep off the feeder is ants, as they will be attracted to the sugar water. You could try to deter them by surrounding the feeder with a pool of water or by keeping the feeder well off the ground.
For your hummingbird feeder mix, use about four parts water and one part sugar. This makes it very sugary which is exactly what the nectar from a plant would be. Make sure that your feeder is never empty so that the feeders become a food source the birds can rely on, and be patient. Sometimes birds find the feeder immediately and other times they take longer, but in the end they will nearly always arrive.
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