Originally Posted by onehundred80
HBs eat small insects as well so a varied diet is essential to their health.
Let's face it a diet of sugar is not good and an overweight hummer would not fly too well.
Hand feeding Hummingbirds - Ketchikan Alaska Tours - YouTube
We feed the hummers all summer, from May to September, they left last week on Thursday. We have a lot of flowers in the garden so they eat there and at the feeder.
If we stand by the feeder they will hover a foot from our faces and look us in the eyes, amazing little creatures.
I held one that had been trapped in our garage, exhausted it lay in my hand, I cooled it with water. It suddenly took off and was gone.
I found an old nest in a bush, a perfectly shaped cup, it was about one and a half inches in diameter.
I had three still feeding up until the first frost last week. Miss em already and can't wait till they return in the spring.
