How to get your garden or apartment balcony to be FILLED with beautiful and happy hummingbirds! A deep dive into habitat requirements, feeder care, ethics, pros and cons, and how to garden to attract hummingbirds.
***SOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED****
→Audubon's How to Make Hummingbird Nectar Recipe:
https://www.audubon.org/news/how-make-hummingbird-nectar
→ Audubon's Hummingbird Feeding FAQs: https://www.audubon.org/news/hummingbird-feeding-faqs
→How to Create a Hummingbird-Friendly Yard: https://www.audubon.org/content/how-create-hummingbird-friendly-yard
→Vancouver Island's Overwintering Hummers: https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/community/keep-hummingbird-feeders-filled-over-winter-says-wild-arc/
→Audubon’s Hummingbirds at Home Program: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/how-climate-change-affects-hummingbirds-feeding-behavior
***HUMMINGBIRD RESEARCH****
→ Hummingbirds and bumble bees exposed to neonicotinoid and organophosphate insecticides in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/etc.4174
→ The Effect of Floral Abundance on Feeder Censuses of Hummingbird Populations: https://academic.oup.com/condor/article-abstract/93/2/279/5185418
→How the Presence of Feeders Affects the Use of Local Floral Resources by Hummingbirds: A Case Study from Southern Arizona
https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/110/4/786/5152365?login=true
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00:00 - 00:51 Introduction
00:51- 3:30 Food sources
03:30 - 04:30 Nesting habitat
04:30 - 06:00 habitat bonuses
06:00 - 06:55 Intro to feeders
06:55 - 09:03 basic products
09:03 - 09:57 diy nectar
09:57 - 10:57 cleaning feeders
10:57 - 12:37 feeder placement, troubleshooting
12:37 - 19:24 are feeders ethical?