![]() ![]() How to Make Hummingbird Feeder with a Plastic Bottle You can refrigerate any extra nectar for up to a week before using it. To attract hummingbirds to your yard this season, add native plants to your garden, provide them with a good source of water like a bird bath or water feature-even a mister will do-make your DIY hummingbird feeder in bright colors to catch their eye (and mimic flowers), and provide them with homemade nectar (which we’ll teach you how to make below). Perhaps the most important thing you need to know before learning how to make a homemade hummingbird feeder is what will draw these birds to your yard. And they take their jobs as pollinators very seriously, pollinating wildflowers and plants along the way. One reason they need all of this energy is that they have some pretty interesting migratory patterns, typically wintering in Mexico and Central America and spending their summers way up in the northern United States. ![]() This means eating bugs and drinking nectar every ten to fifteen minutes. But don’t let their small stature fool you: Hummingbirds have a very high metabolism so they have to eat roughly half their weight each and every day just to survive. The average length of a hummingbird is around three inches long or the length of a credit card while the average weight of a hummingbird is roughly four grams or the weight of a nickel. One of the most noticeable attributes of hummingbirds is their size.
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