3 Easy Best Hummingbird Food Recipes – Homemade

Hummingbird food recipes are more tasty when it made by home. As you know hummingbirds are among the world’s smallest birds. But flapping their tiny wings can be exhausting. Hummingbirds devour energy to fuel swift wing beats. To keep them going, they need to eat a lot. These hardworking birds eat half their weight in insects and nectar. It fuels their rapid metabolism. They feed every 10 to 15 minutes and visit 1,000 to 2,000 flowers a day. You can help these avid foragers get nutrients. Feed them their favorite post-workout meal: nectar. Create a sweet hummingbird recipe treat at home using a few ingredients. Fill your feeder with these homemade treats. They will supplement your nectar-rich plants. Observe the birds’ intricate feeding rituals and agile aerial maneuvers daily.

I recently installed a hummingbird feeder in my backyard and I love it. Invest in one for a worthwhile purchase. And while you’re at it, try making your own with this hummingbird food recipe. Making your own hummingbird food will save you tons of money (a 98% saving, see below!) because all you buy at the garden store is syrup (aka sugar water). When I got to the register, I picked up a quart of “hummingbird food” for $10 to get started right away. It wasn’t until I got home that I realized the only ingredients were sugar and water. Using my cocktail-making skills, my friend tried it and said, “Oh, it’s syrup.” Oops. Now I get it. We can make the same hummingbird food at home for 25 cents. So, there’s no reason to spend $10 on it. That’s almost a 98% markup. Wow. Now we do it ourselves for a fraction of the cost.

Hummingbird Food Recipe – (Won’t Harm the Birds)

To attract hummingbirds recipe, mix 1 cup of white sugar with 3-4 cups of boiling water. This recipe won’t harm them. Remove from heat, dissolve the sugar, and allow the mixture to come to room temperature. Voila! The perfect homemade hummingbird food recipe. Be sure to read the “Dos and Don’ts” below and print the recipe below or bookmark this page to remember it. If you’ve followed me for a while, you might wonder why I’m blogging about hummingbird food recipes. My grandmother’s favorite animals were hummingbirds. She commissioned a miniature hummingbird design, precision-engraved on her over sized spectacles.

• • This recipe is very simple and doesn’t add any extra toxic ingredients, as I know it’s not good for little birds. Never use honey and other ingredients that birds cannot digest while making such food.
  • When preparing this recipe, avoid any ingredients harmful to birds. Do not use honey or similar foods, as birds cannot digest them. Use safe and healthy ingredients instead.
  • If you have an ant problem, you can put some repellent in the feeder to keep the birds away from the ants. But make sure they are not harmful to birds. These recipes are safe for birds and easy to make.

Hummingbird food recipes recipe

Directions:

• Boil the water.

• Remove it from the heat and add sugar.

• Stir well to dissolve the sugar.

• Then let the mixture cool.

• When cool, pour it into a clean hummingbird feeder and hang it outside.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups filtered water

• 1 cup regular white sugar (use organic if possible).

• Change the food every three to five days to keep it fresh.

• Never use food coloring. Check the bird feeder often. Check each time you change the food for gray mold or ants inside getting sugar water.

• Discard tainted food to protect birds from harm and Ensure avian health. Use hot water to clean hummingbird feeders.

• To clean the inside of the feeder, add bleach to some water and use a bottle brush.

• Rinse it well and let it dry. Fill it with new food and hang it outside. Birds will feel loved by your caring activities.