On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 19:02:54 -0400, "madgardener"
wrote:


"Richard Miller" wrote in message
news:ImY0f.391$fE5.193@fed1read06...
The so called nectar in a bird feeder: Isn't that just sugar water? About
a 4 to 1 ratio? Should you put red die in it? Is it ok to put it in the
sun?

Richard
boil the water.....use two cups of fine white sugar to 4 cups of water, no
food coloring necessairy. the hummer's will know what it is. yes, you can
put it in the sun, but if it's hot, you have to make sure it doesn't turn
or ferment. the hummer's get drunk and it's not good for them. (no, they
don't pick fights and try to drive home......g) if it is hot, the sugar
water will turn, so I'd just put half of the mixture in the feeder and the
rest in a container in the fridge until you're ready to change it again.
madgardener whose hummers seem to have gone to Mexico..............


Nah, they're all here in Texas! I saw a bunch today at my feeder as
they are migrating through right now. I see species I don't
ordinarily see here.