Things You'll Need:
- Hot soapy water
- Bottle brush
- Nipple brush
- Pebbles/sand
- Dish detergent
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Step 1
laeste/sxc.huClean hummingbird feeders on a weekly basis. (More often if necessary) Remove stale hummingbird nectar from the feeder and disassemble the feeder. Place the feeder in hot soapy water and allow to soak for 15 minutes. This loosens any sticky residue left behind by the hummingbird nectar and makes it easier to clean.
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Step 2
photodria/sxc.huUse a bottle brush or cleaning brush to reach inside the feeder scrubbing all areas. A nipple brush found in the baby supply aisle is great for getting into tight areas and cleaning crevices. Use hot soapy water and rinse thoroughly to remove any traces of soap from your glass hummingbird feeder.
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Step 3
eddie60/sxc.huPlace small pebbles or sand in the hummingbird feeder, fill with water, and a squirt of liquid dish detergent and shake to remove black mold from areas you are not able to reach with a brush. This is a great option for removing black mold from the inside colored glass hummingbird feeders when visibility is restricted. Black mold forms quickly in the hot summer sun and must be removed to prevent harming your hummingbirds. Rinse thoroughly with water to remove residue.
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Step 4
bubbels/sxc.huPlace the hummingbird feeder in a visible location that is out of the direct sunlight to attract hummingbirds. Once hummingbird migration begins in early spring, hummingbirds follow the blooming cycle of natural hummingbird flowers as they migrate across the US from their winter homes in Central and South America. Providing hummingbirds feeders filled with hummingbird nectar not only attracts these delightful birds to your yard, it provides supplemental food if they arrive too early and native hummingbird flowers are not yet in bloom.











Comments
hobartian said
on 8/26/2009 We have a lot of hummingbirds in our yard and cleaning our hummingbird feeder is a challenge, especially in hot Arizona. This helps a lot - I had plastic but will switch to glass!