[Grovenet] Hummingbirds

[Geri]

John, I've read that, too (many times!), but at my house, they sure do prefer it. At least that's what I've learned from experience, by trying it with no coloring in it. I make 3 cups of liquid at a time, and it only takes a drop or two in that to make the water pink enough for them to notice.


Geri

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Welch" <jawelch at coho.net>
To: "'Forest Grove local interests list'" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds


>I am told that one should NOT add food coloring to the sugar water.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
> Behalf Of Geri
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:36 AM
> To: Forest Grove local interests list
> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
> 
> One way to make homemade nectar is 1 part sugar dissolved into 4 parts
> water. You can add a tiny bit of red food coloring if you want.
> 
> Both the Anna's (green) and the Rufous (brown) are always around, but we
> also notice other non-Oregon natives ... passing through, I guess! It's
> interesting to look them up and see where they may have come from; sometimes
> the differences are pretty miniscule.
> 
> Geri
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ayala, Kathy" <Kathy.Ayala at nike.com>
> To: "Forest Grove local interests list" <grovenet at rdrop.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:14 AM
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> 
>>I use a mix that I purchase at Bi-Mart, which you can get at a lot of
>> different stores. It works very good also and we have a quite large
>> Brown and Green one that stays around move of the year. And then others
>> during the year. 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
>> Behalf Of John Welch
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:04 AM
>> To: 'Forest Grove local interests list'
>> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>> 
>> Just sugar water (4 or 5 to one).
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
>> Behalf Of Steven
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 10:54 AM
>> To: Forest Grove local interests list
>> Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>> 
>> What do you feed them to keep them round?
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
>> Behalf Of Bob Browning
>>  Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:50 AM
>>  To: Tosca at prodigy.net; Forest Grove local interests list
>>  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hummingbirds
>> 
>> 
>>  Actually, Pat and I had a couple of hummie visitors all winter, right
>> through the worst of December. I would have thought they would have
>> frozen their little hummie butts off!!
>> 
>>  bob
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