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From: brahms@trwspp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.birds
Subject: Re: hummingbirds
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Date: Mon, 21-May-84 14:21:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 21 14:21:02 1984
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If you are feeding the hummingbirds, DO NOT use those little tablets.
Hummingbirds need a lot of energy.  To make the food, use 3 cups of sugar
for every two cups a water.  Boil the mixture to dissolve the sugar and
add a little red dye (after a while, the dye will not be needed).

My mother, up until three years ago, used to feed the hummingbirds, year
round, at her house.  During the summer months, we had as many as thirty
hummingbirds and about four different varieties.

Also, if you ever stop feeding the hummingbirds, DO NOT do it in winter
when there is not enough other food around.  You will end up killing what
hummingbirds that are depending on your supply of food.

			-- Brad Brahms
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