How to Make Granny's Hummingbird Food

Do you love watching hummingbirds in the summertime, but hate the cost of small bottles of hummingbird nectar? If so follow this simple recipe and enjoy the humm.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• water
• sugar
• feeder
• opitonal "red food coloring"

1. Take hummingbird feeder down from outside or from pre-bought package. Unscrew cap or lid from feeder and lay to the side.

2. Go to your fridge or pantry and take out sugar. You need 1 1/2 cups of sugar for small feeders(basic red and yellow feeders) and 2 1/2 cups of sugar for larger feeders.

3. Fill 2/3 of your feeder with cold tap water and pour in sugar. You may add 3 drops of red food coloring to small feeders and 6 drops of red food coloring to large feeders.

4. Place cap or lid back on feeder and tighten. Shake up and down until sugar has dissolved into mixture.

5. Place hummingbird back outside on sheppard hook, etc and enjoy the humm of hummingbirds.

Tips & Warnings

• From experience food coloring does not matter, it attracts more humans than birds.

[naturenut]

on 8/16/2009 I use 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water for my homemade hummingbird nectar. The birds are so amazing.

[uncwjoker]

on 8/11/2009 fast and simple me and the hummingbirds love it