How to Keep Hummingbirds Coming to Your Feeder
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (176574)
Boise, Idaho
July 3, 2025 3:32am CST
Hummingbirds are birds we enjoy seeing in our yards. There are three things we can do to keep them coming back.
1. Be sure to use granulated sugar to make the nectar you put in the jar. Do not us raw, organic or even honey.
2. Be sure the jar is clean and has no bugs crawling on it.
3. Clean the jar and change nectar every week or so. It can forment and made the bird sick.
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@Ineeddentures (8212)
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3 Jul
That all makes very good sense
I just wish we had these delightful little birds here in Scotland
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@Ineeddentures (8212)
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3 Jul
@celticeagle
Aye
But we have our little Sparrows and Wrens and few types of Finches and a load of others
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@celticeagle (176574)
• Boise, Idaho
14h
@Ineeddentures .......we have afew of those too plus butterflies ,and the occasional dragonfly.
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@celticeagle (176574)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Jul
That's a real shame. They are something to see.
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@celticeagle (176574)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Jul
I do too. And, I sure don't want to make the little guys sick.
@LindaOHio (193298)
• United States
14h
I love hummingbirds. I had the landscaper plant some butterfly bushes; but they didn't survive.
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@celticeagle (176574)
• Boise, Idaho
14h
Oh, that's too bad. I have them flying around window every year, and I don't even have a nectar jar in the yard. Something keeps bringing them back.
@arunima25 (91326)
• Bangalore, India
3 Jul
So thoughtful of you to keep these ready to attract them and welcome them. Enjoy watching them in your yard. We don't see them here.
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