Tips to Attract the Hummingbirds to the Feeders You Place

Hummingbird feeders which are placed in your backyard attract some pretty fascinating little creatures. When you place a hummingbird feeder in the garden, it all depends on your location. Most of the hummingbirds are migrant birds and will visit during the warmer seasons. In some areas of the country, you may have these beautiful creatures all year long but in the northern areas such as the Upper Great Lakes region it may not be until sometime in the month of May.

If you feel you are not attracting any hummingbirds to your backyard or garden, you may want to try some of these tips that will bring those hummers to your feeding area in a short period of time. The majority of the hummingbird feeders that are available for purchase have areas on them that are colored red, if you feel your feeder does not have enough red, you can try hanging a red ribbon to the feeder.

Another way to make your feeder stand out would be to plant a few flowers that hummingbirds like or to hang a basket of some of their favorite flowers somewhere near the feeder. Just keep one thing in mind that activity to a feeder will be slower when the flowers are in bloom.

The hummingbirds do prefer to have the natural nectar over what you offer these cute little creatures in the feeders. The hummers are still around and you will see more activity at your feeders much more often as the flower blossoms begin to diminish. If you are living in the Eastern section of the United States, you have probably only seen one hummingbird that likes visiting during the summer and it is the Ruby-throated. This kind of hummingbird seems to be very territorial and will defend the flowers and the feeders that are within their roost spot. If you would rather see more than one hummer, you can place 2 or 3 more hummingbird feeders in other places that are not within the sight of each other, so that another hummer can dominate a different feeder.

The following is a list of some of the flowers and shrubs that attract the hummingbirds. One thing to note is that these flowers do not need to be red in color even though red is very attractive to most hummingbirds. Flowers that they like include the following;