¼ cup white sugar
1 cup water
Directions: Pour water and sugar together in a small pan; stir over heat until sugar dissolves; continue to heat until just boiling. Remove pan from heat and allow to cool completely.
Pour sugar water into a very clean hummingbird feeder.
Hang the feeder outside. Change the nectar or sugar water every couple of days. Please do not add dye or food coloring to the water.
Hummingbirds will also eat gnats and fruit flies which they can find on their own.
Enjoy the feathered friends.
Please see below for additional information on hummingbirds:
Backyard hummingbirds in the Rockies
Hummingbird habitat in Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota This is an informative booklet from the USDA with information on plants for hummingbirds and interesting facts such as the male calliope weighs as much as a penny and is the smallest bird in North America.
