Hummingbirds Articles & Videos

• How to Make a Recycled Glass Hummingbird Feeder

  Bring bird-watching to your own backyard by inviting hummingbirds to visit. These small yet quick birds feed primarily on insects and nectar from flowers. You can fill special hummingbird feeders with artificial nectar to supply hummers wit… read more

• How to Make a Moat for Hummingbird Feeders

  The same sugary nectar that attracts hummingbirds to your feeder also is an invitation for ants. These unwelcome guests work their way into the nectar reservoir, where they die. Their decomposing bodies compromise the quality of the nectar.… read more

• How to Use Worm Castings

  Using worm castings is an exceptional way to improve soil quality for gardening. Castings can lead to better color and a greater quantity of fruit and flowering plants that attract birds. They are a gentle method of fertilizing that will no… read more

• How to Make Central-Reservoir Chandelier Hummingbird Feeders

  Offering a nectar solution to hummingbirds via an outdoor feeder is the simplest way to attract them to your yard. A central-reservoir hanging feeder houses the most nectar and is easy to make from recycled items. This feeder features a sin… read more

• Plants That Attract Hummingbirds

  Depending on where you live, there are a number of different types of plants that attract hummingbirds. The most attractive flowers to these quick fliers are also some of the most colorful and gorgeous for the garden. Hummingbirds tend to l… read more

• How to Get Rid of Hornets From Your Hummingbird Feeders

  Viewing hummingbirds is a pleasant pastime to enjoy while sitting outdoors. Hummingbirds will come to feeders that are close to you as long as you sit still. Unfortunately, other animals and insects are also attracted to the hummingbird n… read more

• How to Hang a Hummingbird Feeder

  Attracting hummingbirds to your yard is a great way to view the colorful buzzing of these tiny birds. Hanging a hummingbird feeder is fairly simple, but there are a few things to take into consideration when doing so. The method for hanging… read more

• How to Keep Ants Away From a Hummingbird Feeder

  Providing a reliable, nutritious source of food for hummingbirds is an excellent way to attract hummingbirds to your property year after year. Hummingbird feeders are easily constructed and widely available in retail stores. However, many w… read more

• How to Remove Hummingbird Feeders

  Hummingbird feeders are an excellent way to invite beautiful and fascinating hummingbirds into your backyard. Because hummingbirds have excellent memories, they will return to your reliable food source each year after returning from their s… read more

• How to Keep Hornets Away From Hummingbird Feeders

  Everyone enjoys a backyard visit from a hummingbird. They are so beloved that many homeowners choose to buy a hummingbird feeder so they have more opportunities to watch the tiny birds hovering and making their amazing darting movements. Un… read more

• Building a Hummingbird Feeder

  Because hummingbirds drink nectar rather than eat seeds, attracting them takes a different kind of bird feeder. Using an empty water or soda bottle, you can make a sustainable hummingbird feeder that works as well as any store-bought versio… read more

• How to Make a Hummingbird Feeder With Water

  One of the best ways to attract hummingbirds into your back yard every year is to provide an abundant food source. The tiny birds consume two-thirds of their body weight each day, and a large part of their diet is sugar. Hummingbirds, which… read more

• How to Make Bottle Hummingbird Feeders

  Building a hummingbird feeder is an excellent way to coach these elusive yet enchanting creatures into your backyard. Plus, because you will be reusing an old plastic bottle and making your own hummingbird nectar, this project is a eco-frie… read more

• What Can Be Put in a Hummingbird Feeder?

  Feeding hummingbirds can be a satisfying hobby. These agile birds need to eat frequently to stay in good health, which means they will be around the feeder often and provide an unmatchable spectacle. Feeding hummingbirds takes work, however… read more

• How to Make Hummingbird Food

  Hummingbirds are beautiful and engaging to watch. Filling your feeders with homemade nectar is a quick and inexpensive way to attract these birds and keep them coming back throughout the season. No need to color the sugar water with food co… read more

• How to Attract Hummingbirds to a Feeder

  Hummingbirds are a wonderful addition to any garden. These fearless little birds are fun to watch while they feed and fight with each other. Planting a hummingbird flower garden is a good way to attract hummingbirds to a feeder. Hummingbird… read more

• How to Care for a Hummingbird

  If you are on a bird-watching trip or hike and spot an injured hummingbird, you may wonder what to do. The first thing is to make sure the bird needs rescuing. If you determine that the hummingbird does need help, take the bird to a wildlif… read more

• How to Prepare Hummingbird Food

  Watching hummingbirds hover and dip into the feeder outside your window is charming and fascinating. The wings of a hummingbird can beat as fast as 50 times per second, faster than we can see. To continue to attract these wonderful birds to… read more

• How to Make a Hummingbird Feeder Solution

  Hummingbirds are beautiful birds that are usually attracted to large blooming flowers to feed on the nectar. To attract hummingbirds to their gardens, many people will put out hummingbird feeders filled with a sugary solution that has a sim… read more

• How to Clean Birdfeeders

  To reduce the potential spread of diseases, bird feeders should be cleaned at least once every two weeks. However, some feeders, such as hummingbird feeders, will require cleaning at least twice per week to prevent mold and bacterial growth… read more

• About Water-Sugar Solution for a Hummingbird Feeder

  Hummingbirds are attracted to blooming flowers and feed on the flowers' nectar. Many people attempt to attract hummingbirds to their gardens by setting up feeders offering a water-sugar solution that contains a similar percentage of sugar a… read more

• How to Make Food for a Hummingbird Feeder

  Hummingbirds need to maintain energy for their extremely fast metabolisms and the energy they exert in catching insects. They get this energy from feeding on flower nectar or the sugar water from feeders left out for them by birdwatchers. F… read more

• How to Clean a Hummingbird Feeder

  After a hummingbird feeder has been outside for a prolonged period of time, the sugary nectar inside can drip out onto the holes where the birds feed, possibly causing clogging. When you need to refill your hummingbird feeder it is a good t… read more

• How to Sanitize Hummingbird Feeders

  Hummingbird feeders should be sanitized at least once a month as a part of your routine cleaning. If they show signs of black mold, take them down, clean and sanitize them immediately. Sanitizing your hummingbird feeders is an important par… read more

• Best Hummingbird Feeders

  Hummingbirds are superb to observe as they buzz from flower to flower collecting nectar or to your feeder collecting sugar water. There are about 20 species of hummingbirds in the North American continent, the most common in the United Stat… read more

• Information About Hummingbirds

  Seventeen separate species of hummingbirds can be found in the United States. The smallest type of bird in North America, the hummingbird is an important pollinator of flowers. Hummingbirds flit from flower to flower, visiting as many as 1,… read more