This is bird note.

Here they come.

Rufous hummingbirds, Ruby throats and others are migrating north after a hot dry winter in sunny

Mexico or Central America.

And they're ready for a drink.

Hummingbirds need to consume several times their body weight each day, so they're looking for flowering plants to quench that mighty thirst.

If a whirring puffball is hovering at your window, consider becoming a hummingbird bartender. To help feed them, select a hummingbird feeder that you can easily clean on the inside,

and one that has plenty of red to attract the birds.

Then fill it with sugar water made by dissolving one part sugar in four parts water.

No honey or sugar substitutes allowed and please no red food coloring. There's no need to feel guilty that feeding hummers will lure them away from their

natural sources of nourishment. The birds will continue to consume a healthy

balance of plant nectar, small insects, and sap. So set out a feeder, and before

long you may be hearing a hummingbird hovering around your watering hole.

You can. hole.

You can learn a lot more about hummingbirds and what attracts them. Begin at our website, Bird Note.

I'm Mary McCann.