Hummingbird Food

Hummingbird Food

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Hummingbird Food

A hummingbird hovering beside red tubular flowers in a garden.
What Hummingbirds Eat How Much Do Hummingbirds Eat in a Day?

A hummingbird may eat about half its weight or more across nectar, sugar water, insects, and spiders, spread through many tiny meals all day.

A hummingbird hovering beside a red-accented feeder filled with clear nectar.
Sugar & Ingredients Do Hummingbirds Need Red Dye?

Red dye is unnecessary in hummingbird nectar. Clear 4:1 sugar water and red feeder parts are enough to help hummingbirds notice a feeder.

Illustration of plain white sugar, clear water, and a clean red hummingbird feeder for making nectar.
Nectar Recipes How to Make Hummingbird Food: The 4:1 Nectar Ratio

Use the 4:1 ratio for homemade hummingbird food: plain white sugar dissolved in clean water, served clear and changed often.