Besides Sugar Water, Hummingbirds Love….

There are several things you can do to attract and keep more hummingbirds around your yard.  First would be habitat, by planting flowers that provide nectar for them to feed on.  Certain trees, shrubs and vines are adored by hummers, and some perennials include:
* Canna * Four O’Clocks * Little Cigar
* Cardinal Flower * Foxglove * Lupine
* Columbine * Hosta * Penstemon
* Coral Bells * Hummingbird Mint * Yucca

Water is fairly inexpensive, and just by adding a mister attachment to your outdoor faucet, you’ll see hummingbirds return daily to bathe and play in the fine mist. These are visual magnets for the tiny jewels!

Another wild bird accessory is nesting material.  There is a new product called Hummer Helper, which has actually been endorsed by The Hummingbird Society.

“It is aimed at encouraging hummingbird nesting in a natural way.  It has the potenial to help you bring in more hummers, where you can observe them, and then to increase the odds that they will nest near you.  The latter also ssures more fledglings will visit your hummingbird feeders.  Ans since hummers practice site fidelity-and return to the same site every year, you could see an increasing number of hummingbirds in the future.”