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From: jimf@ihlpf.ATT.COM (YES)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: hummingbird feeders and nectar
Message-ID: <8306@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 21 Apr 89 15:28:45 GMT
References: <2806@lindy.Stanford.EDU> <1360@naucse.UUCP>
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In article <1360@naucse.UUCP>, rrw@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes:
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> From article <2806@lindy.Stanford.EDU>, by GC.SUL@forsythe.stanford.edu (MIKE SULLIVAN):
> > Its recommended NOT to put red food color in hummingbird nectar. It
> > is unnecessay and harmful to the birds.  Remember hummingbirds have

I know it's popular to assume that every food additive is harmful, but
do you have a real source that backs up this statement. I have a book,
written by a vet, that recommends food coloring as an attractant. Of
course, if your feeder is red, you don't need it anyway.

When do hummingbirds show up in northern Illinois?