When to put hummingbird feeders in central texas?

http://www.hummingbirds.net/2008maps.html

according to that , anytime in the next two weeks!!... get 'em ready!!.... once you see them, you'll feel much better!!!...

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http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html

report when you see one at your feeders!!... help complile the maps for next year!...

always 4:a million, 4 area water, a million area sugar. it is the recipe for man made nectar (syrup): Use one area person-friendly white cane sugar to 4 factors water. that's no longer had to boil the water. The microorganisms that reason fermentation do not come from the water; they are transported to the feeder on hummingbird expenses. shop unused syrup contained in the refrigerator for as a lot as 2 weeks. this mix approximates the classic sucrose content cloth (about 21%) of the plant life prevalent by using North American hummingbirds, without being so sweet it attracts too many insects. Please, do no longer positioned honey, Jell-O, brown sugar, fruit, or red nutrition coloring on your feeder! Honey ferments right now at the same time as diluted with water and ought to kill hummingbirds. the outcome of red dye have not been no longer scientifically examined, and that's not had to colour the water to entice birds for your feeder. added, there are unverified comments that red dye may reason tumors in hummingbirds; this can or ought to no longer be authentic, yet why take the threat?