Making Your Yard Hummingbird Pleasant
Making your yard hummingbird pleasant – How can you get hummingbirds to visit your yard year after year?
It’s not as difficult as one might imagine. If you provide your feathered friends with a reliable food source they will come back and visit you throughout the years.
Grow Plants That Have Nectar Hummingbirds Like
Hummingbirds consume twice their body weight in nectar each day. Having plenty of food sources from spring to fall in your yard help ensure they will visit you.
Flowers That Attract Hummingbirds
Generally, bright red and orange flowers work best to attract them. Flowers like: salvia,
Supplementing Natural Nectar
Besides adding flowering plants to your gardens, set up hummingbird feeders.
Make your own nectar instead of purchasing it. The store bought, artificial coloring isn’t good for the birds and making your own is simple.
Make Your Own Hummingbird Nectar
Materials:
1 part white sugar
4 parts water
Directions:
Place the water into a saucepan over medium heat and let it come to a boil. Stir in sugar and boil the mixture for 30 seconds. Let cool and fill your feeder. Refrigerate the rest for up to 1 week.
Change Your Nectar
It is important to pour out any hummingbird nectar every three days. After three days it has a chance of growing harmful bacteria. Take down your feeder, DUMP OUT old nectar, wash entire feeder and then add fresh nectar.
Insecticides:
Hummers are sensitive to chemicals because of their small size. Don’t spray chemicals to control garden pests. Ingesting harsh chemical could make them sick or kill them.
Predators:
Cats and larger birds of prey are hummers predators. Have a few landing spots set up high for them to stop and view their feeding spots is helpful. Hang all feeders at least 6 feet off the ground so while they are perch at the feeders cats don’t attack them.
Provide Nesting Materials:
Providing nesting materials for hummingbirds allowing them to build their nests easily. If you have materials readily available, they will nest in areas near you. Read my blog post here to provide nesting materials. Read my entire blog posting HERE.
Following the tips you should have the typical setup to invite your feathered friends into your backyard. Once they find you, they will never leave.
Until next time my friends. Take care!
