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but it becomes completely impossible to count beyond ten on perches, ten hanging above nagging the first ten, and several dozen more dive bombing,” Reed wrote me - a vivid description of their legendary territoriality as each bird attempts to lay claim to every favored food source in sight.
If you put out feeders, the recommended mixture is one part sugar to four parts water - never use honey, which can ferment. Red food coloring is unnecessary and could actually be harmful. Feeders also must be thoroughly cleaned every few days.
For those interested in an alternative to feeders, Bruce Jones - who described our hummers’ fall migration preparations in the September, 2004 edition of his “Birds of Rappahannock” series in this newspaper - informed me that fuchsias in hanging baskets are hummingbird magnets, so we’re trying them at our house this year. And you don’t have to clean them!
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