Pets > BirdsMarch 30, 2011

Feeding Hummingbirds

Besides sugar and water, what else can humming birds eat?

By Drew from Foxfire Drive

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04/03/2011

Plant items that attract the hummers to your yard. Holyhocks, bee balm, rose of sharon, cardinal vines, trumpet vines, butterfly bush, lantana and delphinium to name a few. Most any red flowering item will attract the hummingbird.
I have a Native Fire bush and one from South America and it is a big attractor for the hummingbird here in fFa.
Jeannette

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03/30/2011

Hummingbirds main diet is insects, "sugar water" is a sideline.

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