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Hummingbird Food

3 cups water

1 cup white table sugar

Bring the water to a boil before adding the sugar. When you put the sugar in the boiling water stir it until it is dissolved completely. Let it come to a boil again and then turn off the heat. Doing it this way helps to sterilize it somewhat and also helps to dissipate the chlorine if you have city or county water.

Wait for the sugary concoction to cool and then place it in the refridgerator in a clean lid tight container for atleast 24 hours before putting it in the feeder. This helps to stablelize it so that it doesn't spoil as quickly. Using a large feeder will also help retard spoilage for a few days.

Hummingbird food will keep in the refridgerator for two weeks. After that you may want to check for mold spoilage. If you're constantly taking away and adding to it, then it should be okay for longer periods but wash the container occasionally to prevent mold.

These beautiful birds don't like change so if you plan on putting up two feeders then I suggest that you buy four exzactly alike and interchange them. That way when you change out the food, the feeders will have a chance to dry completely. Eliminating most of the mold that will surely grow in one feeder that is used constantly.

Change the food when it becomes cloudy. On really hot days you'll need to change it every two or three days. When temperatures are over a hundred degrees you'll have to change the food out everyday. Remember if the hummingbird finds the feeder empty he won't come back.

In Monroe, NC the hummingbirds come in around the second week in April and leave about the middle of September.

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