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Old September 7th, 2017 #7
Susan
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I'm not sure the scientific evidence definitively says that red dye is really bad for hummingbirds. I have a lot of hummingbirds in my apple tree now, where most of my feeders hang. There are a few on the other side of the front yard as well.

I have been watching them and they drink some out of the feeders but they don't seem to be drinking as much or as often as they have in the past out of feeders filled with store bought, ready made, red dye colored nectar.

So, I may go buy some red dye nectar and fill some of the feeders with that.

I've tried to get some pics of them, but they're just so little the images are too tiny and indistinguishable.

I wonder why the name hummingbird was settled on, too. They make a squeaking sound actually.

I guess hummingbird does beat "squeakers".
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