Now, I have put a drop or two of red food coloring in my mix. Some folks say this is bad, others say it ain't. All I know is that I get my birds back every year. I know from their habits. We're not even supposed to have 'em here on the Blue Ridge but I have created a bird friendly environment and so they do nest here. They love flowers and, like bees, will go from one to another sucking necter.

Now, as fir some little known humming birds facts/myths: They can flap their wings 80 times per second and they fly non stop over the Gulf of Mexico.

Ahhhhh, one last tip. If you only have a few humming birds (less than 6) and you have a regular feeder, you should only fill it 1/4 at a tijme and leave the rest of the mix in the refrig. And when it gets hot, yer mixture is goinna crap out after about 3 days....

Lastly, pound (or ounce) fir pound, the humming buird is the baddest of all critters on the planet...

Bobert