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Aug 20, 2021
To get more hummingbirds, I had to sweeten the deal.
A few weeks into summer, I noticed a green-backed hummingbird hovering outside my kitchen window — staring at me.
Oops. Forgot to put the feeder out!
I whipped up a homemade recipe of sugar water. It called for a 1:4 sugar to water ratio. Once full, I hung the small tube in the same spot as last year.