We're thick into hummingbird time around here, and they're back at their deep-sipping ways. It's rare that there's not at least one little guy (or huge insect, depending on how you look at them) feeding at the red plastic font of sugary goodness. At least once we did see four feeding at once, and three at once is not that rare. More than once I've been buzzed while taking down the feeder to refill it.
The 'secret formula' is a cup and a half of sugar to four cups of water. Boiled a couple of minutes, then cooled, of course. We wouldn't want to scald those little tongues, would we?
It's Carrie's goal to become 'Fatima of the Hummingbirds', having them light on her fingers while she sings to them. We're still working on that.
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