[mou] Store-bought nectar vs. sugar and water

[Rick]

Todd Merefield wrote:
> Does anyone have an opinion whether hummingbirds prefer the store 
> bought red nectar or just plain old 4 parts water to 1 part sugar?
>  
> I am not having any luck attracting them to my feeders.  I have seen a 
> few females in the yard feeding on my flowers, but they don't even go 
> up to the feeders, which have been out since May.  I was using water 
> and sugar.  My feeders are the saucer shaped ones with perches.   I 
> recently switched to a mix I bought from Home Depot.  It's been in 
> there for about a week and still nothing.
>  
> Last year I put my first hummingbird feeder up in late July (a 
> different style feeder than those that I have now ... it broke).  I 
> used the red store-bought nectar.  There were regular visits daily 
> from Ruby-Throats from mid August until mid September.
>  
> Anybody else having problems this year?
>  
>  
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I believe that it is generally agreed by all Hummingbird experts that 4 
water to 1 sugar it better and less expensive than the colored store 
bought nectar.  The birds do not drink red nectar in the wilds so why in 
a feeder?  I have not seen any hummers since May but, they are around.

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Rick
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