This is a little friend I rescued last summer. Remember all of our garage visitors? Snakes and toads, oh my!
The first 2011 hummingbird sighting in our state was reported yesterday. Time to get the feeders out! If you don't remember how to make your own nectar, here is the recipe I use:
- Boil 2 cups of water for a few minutes
- Add 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Let it cool and fill the feeder.
Basically: 4 parts water / 1 part sugar
Check out this neat site for migration maps or become a citizen scientist!
5 comments:
Awww, that's so cute!! We haven't seen any yet, but we also have Ruby-throated! Usually there is a male and his mate hanging around our gardens. Every year I try to get pictures of them, with no success. Haha ^_^
Keep trying for those pictures :) I'd love to see them!
According to your link ours are Ruby Throated too. No chance of seeing one quite yet..
Ruby Throated here, like Jordan said. That is so cute! It reminds me of when we rescued a robin chick and raised it... that was a few years ago. And I loved it! (Except for having to cut the worms because they were too big. EEK! I let the girls and Mom do that part!)
EEK on the worms in right! :) Deb...I bet your hummingbird season is pretty short ;)
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