Wednesday, February 4, 2009 ;
1:11 PM
I bought a hummingbird feeder online and decided to try it out. I have seen these cute hummies hovering around my complex and saw some neighbours having the feeders on their patio.








The liquid inside is simply sugary water (brown sugar, hence the colour). Many people add edible red colouring as well to attract the hummingbirds, but I read that it could be carcinogenic, so we decided to leave that out. The centre of the yellow flowers are where the birds will draw out the sugar treat.


Days 1 and 2 I did not pay much notice to the feeder hanging on our balcony.

Today is day 3, and there was a power short circuit, the entire neighbouhood is out of electricity, so I decided to stay and watch if there would be any hummies out there. After a short while,




There you go, a hummingbird comes to visit! Such cute fellas! I read also that they will remember the place where they found food and will visit again. This evening alone I had 5 sightings of at least 2 hummingbirds (a male and a female), not bad!


Mrs Lim


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