3/26/2023 0 Comments South florida hummings birds![]() ![]() I've got a great slow motion video of him I wonder if I can upload it here. I have tried a feeder with red flowers and yellow flowers and they seem quite equally effective. The key to attracting hummingbirds to your garden is to plant nectar-rich tubular flowers and also provide a friendly habitat. He loves the feeder but he's also quite busy in the hibiscus flowers both red and yellow. He sort of got a green Sheen over Brown belly. There are actually a pair but I see one more much more frequently than the other. So I broke out my feeder made some fresh nectar and sure enough I have a little friend every single day all day long. The first week of November to be precise. That was the first and last time I saw the little bugger until this November. I grew up in South Florida and never heard of anybody seeing hummingbirds here. South, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi. When I moved into my home last February 2018 I saw what looked like a large moth and my friend corrected me and noted it was a hummingbird. In North America, there are only approximately 23 species of hummingbirds. A little neighborhood east of Biscayne in the seventies. Never allow mold to grow in your feeders, and as a general rule brush and clean your feeder weekly, to avoid bacterial bloom and contamination of the solution and the feeder itself.ΔΆ1:52:49 GMT -5 Miami Mike said:Hello all. of solution in your feeder so you won't be tossing out bad solution every 3-4 days. of nectar before the solution goes bad which presents a health risk to the hummers (3-4 days). as the number of hummers that we have as a general rule will not consume 8-16 oz. There is little need to completely fill a feeder in FL. ![]() Let the solution cool to the outside ambient temperature (if you heated the water). Simply mix 4 parts water with 1 part granulated sugar, no boiling required but adding the sugar to warm water will help to dissolve the sugar. In addition to being far cheaper than the commercial product, its simple to prepare and does not involve artificial coloring additives that have been a subject of much controversy for decades. Most humming-birders use a "home made mix" that has proven itself to be superior to commercial mixes. ![]()
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