The Perfect Hummingbird Food Recipe: A Simple Guide

A Simple Guide
 Due to their fast life activities hummingbirds search for their food daily. Your backyard feeder gives hummingbirds both shelter and nutrition so they can thrive better. This post explains all aspects of making ideal food for hummingbirds.
  

Why Create Your Own Hummingbird Food?
  Commercial store-bought hummingbird nectar is more expensive and may have health risks so making your own provides a better option. 

Nectar from homemade mixes matches what hummingbirds eat from floral flowers which provide their main fuel source. When you create the food yourself you determine exactly what goes into the hummingbird diet.
  

We Present a Basic Formulation Best for Feeding Hummingbirds
  

Creating hummingbird food at home requires only two ingredients: sugar and water. Here's the simple recipe:
 Ingredients:
 1 part white granulated sugar
 4 parts water
  Instructions:
  Boil the water: Heat the water to boiling point against bacteria.
  Mix in the sugar:

 Put the sugar into boiling water and mix it until the mix dissolves totally.
 Cool the mixture: 

As the solution cools down it reaches normal household temperature.
  Fill your feeder: Put cooled nectar into the hummingbird feeder.
  Important Notes:
  Skip adding honey sugar substitutes and brown sugar because they can hurt hummingbird health. 

The additives ruin the birds' health and may lead to pathogenic growth.
  Avoid red dye. Many store-bought nectar brands contain red dyes that customers do not need while the dyes could harm these birds. 

Hummingbirds show interest in red parts of their feeding cups rather than what is inside.
  Basic Steps to Keep Your Hummingbird Feeder Clean
  Taking good care of your hummingbird feeder will help these birds remain healthy and keep them returning. 

Here are some tips:
  1. Clean Regularly
  Wash your feeder with hot water and a bottle brush twice every three days during hot weather and once a week during cool weather periods. 

Keep away from applying soap because it will affect bird health.
 2. Check for Mold
 Check your feeder for fungus growth and mold. Apply 2-parts water mixed with one-part vinegar to immediately remove stains from your feeder.
 3. Change the Nectar Frequently
 Switch the nectar supply every two to three days since mold and disease buildup may hurt hummers.
  Your Hummingbird Garden Attracting Strategy
  In addition to providing fresh nectar, you can make your yard a hummingbird haven:
 Plant Native Flowers
 Grow hummingbird attracting blooms including the bright flowers of bee balm, trumpet vine and salvia.
  Provide Water
  Put in place a little drinking and bathing fountain system.
  Offer Perches
  Put natural perches into your garden so hummingbirds can have resting spots.
  People Often Ask About What Hummingbirds Need To Eat
  Can I Use Tap Water?
  You can usually use tap water. If you consume chlorinated tap water regularly switch to filter water or bottled options.
  Should I follow this food mixture for every season?
  No, stick to the 1:Use the 1:4 sugar-to-water drink mix during every season. The same sugar mix most accurately matches what hummingbirds find in native flowers.