On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:14:12 -0500, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 22:20:41 -0800 (PST), spamtrap1888
> wrote:
>
>>On Mar 7, 12:28*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
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>>>
>>> I use white vinegar for cleaning hummingbird feeders.
>>
>>We just grow a lot of plants with trumpet flowers, like salvias.
>>There's a nylon trellis right outside our kitchen window covered with
>>flowering vines. Hummingbirds love to sip at these flowers, and unlike
>>feeders, you don't have to worry about filling them or keeping them
>>clean.
>
>I do both. And flowers aren't enough to keep hummers around,
>flowering times and quantities are very unpredictable. Maintaining
>feeders requires very little effort, one filling can last two weeks...
>what most people who don't use feeders resent is the cost. My hummers
>arrive like clockwork, every year on May 14th. With feeders I can
>place them where my cats can watch, free entertainment.

Hummers mostly eat insects. Nectar is sweet and gives energy but no
protein and other nutrients. There is no need to purchase hummer
food. The recipe is simply 4 cups water, 1 cup regular sugar. Heat
to dissolve the sugar. The cost is little over the course of the
summer.
Janet US