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Hummingbird Feeder
Mounts on a Window

Attaches with suction cups

Watch your hummingbirds up close!

Hummingbird Feeder

Just press the suction cups firmly against your window, and your new feeder will stay in place, to attract beautiful hummingbirds breathtakingly close to you. Since hummers are fearless, they won't be afraid to feed with you standing on the other side of the glass taking in their gorgeous colors and impossibly rapid wingbeats.

You don't need to buy any prepared mix for the food.(It's expensive, and the mix you make yourself, without coloring, will be better for the birds. Besides, tests show the hummers prefer the fresh stuff!)

RECIPE
Use three to five parts of water to one part of white granulated sugar.

Boil the water first. Mix in the sugar, and let it cool. Fill the feeder to just above the metal band surrounding the perimeter of the feeder.

The remaining solution will keep in the refrigerator for about a week.

-- Diane Cooledge Porter

Text copyright 2011 by Diane Porter.

 



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