Hummingbird Nectar Food For Your Feathered Friends
From sunrae 17 years ago
- 1 minutes to make
- Serves 4
Attract hummingbirds to your yard by providing feeders with nectar. Here is an easy way to make nectar at home with ingredients already in your pantry.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar shopping list
- 4 cups water shopping list
How to make it
- Using a measuring cup, get one cup of sugar.
- Place 4 cups of water in a pan.
- Heat the water on the stove until it is boiling.
- Add the sugar to the water, while stirring. Boil one minute, stirring.
- Remove the pan from the heat and cool.
- When the nectar is room temperature, fill your clean hummingbird feeder.
- Store any leftover nectar in a covered container in the refrigerator for several days.
- TIPS:
- DO NOT add red coloring to the nectar. There is enough red on the feeder to attract the hummers. The coloring could be harmful to the birds.
- Make sure your feeder is clean.
- Hang your feeder in a shady place near some trees or bushes.
- Replace the nectar when it gets cloudy. Depending on your weather, you may need to clean your feeder and replace the nectar anywhere from a day to a week to keep it fresh.
I no longer use the red coloring but the hummingbirds love this nectar!
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