You can put homemade hummingbird nectar in your lovely feeder and wait. But sometime you need more creative ideas to 'invite' hummingbirds, not just put homemade hummingbird nectar and leave it. If you never seem to be able to attract hummingbirds to your yard, try one or more of these tips, and you should see hummers at your feeder soon! All hummingbird feeders that are purchased these days have red on them somewhere,but if you are in doubt that there is enough red,
Try tying a red ribbon on the homemade hummingbird nectar feeder. Another way to attract attention to your feeder is to place it among flowers that hummers like, or hang a basket of flowers nearby. You will find that feeder activity slows as more flowers bloom in your yard.
They prefer natural nectar over what we give them in our feeders, so they are still around, and you will see them at your feeders more often, as the blooms start to diminish.
If you live in the Eastern part of the United States, you will find you only have one hummingbird that will visit us for the summer, and that is the Ruby-throated. They are very territorial and defend flowers and feeders within their favorite roost spot, so if you want to attract more than one hummer, try putting up 2-3 more homemade hummingbird nectar feeders out of sight from each other--perhaps on another side of your house.
