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How to Make a Humming Bird Drink

It is so enjoyable to watch hummingbirds in your yard. Hummingbirds like to eat a diet that is mainly full of insects, and so they provide great insect control in your yard and garden. Hummingbirds will feed on sweet nectar from flowers or from hummingbird feeders. The key to making a hummingbird drink is to replicate the natural nectar hummingbirds find in the wild.

Things You'll Need

Hummingbird Feeder Water Liquid Dish Soap Mixing Bowl Large Cooking Pot 1 Cup Granulated Sugar Wooden Spoon 4 Drops of Red or Blue Food Coloring

Instructions

- 1
  Wash the hummingbird feeder with hot water and liquid dish soap, then rinse thoroughly and allow to air dry.
- 2
  Fill cooking pot with 4 cups of water. Turn on heat source to high heat. Bring water to a rolling boil. Turn off heat source.
- 3
  Put 1 cup of granulated sugar into the pot with the 4 cups water. Stir with a wooden spoon until sugar is completely dissolved. Let mixture cool to room temperature.
- 4
  Add four or five drops of red or blue food coloring to the sugar water mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon. You can leave out the food coloring if hummingbirds in your yard are naturally attracted to your feeder.
- 5
  Pour colored sugar water into hummingbird feeder. Hang feeder in appropriate place.

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