The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store: Rufous

Thursday, 10 March 2016

Rufous

We had our first of the season Rufous Hummingbird at the feeder at 7:25 a.m. this morning.

Rufous Hummingbird Photo by Ralph Hocken.

Cheers

Neil Robins

Parksville

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: In north Parksville I had our first confirmed Rufous on Tuesday Mar 22/16. Such fine little beauties.; 25 March 2016 at 19:21

Hummingbird Solution Recipe

One part sugar to three or four parts water is our recommended ratio for hummingbird sugar water. For example, one cup of water mixed with 1/4 or 1/3 a cup of sugar. The water needs to be hot enough to mix the sugar in, so hot tap water works as well as boiled water. We do not recommend going any sweeter as it can be bad for the hummingbirds.

Please use only white table sugar as this best replicates natural nectar. If your sweetener causes the solution to change colour (anything with honey, agave, stevia, raw/organic sugar, dyes, etc.) it is not recommended for hummingbirds.