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Old 03-22-2017, 02:47 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
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haven't for years. They will find it no matter.

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Old 03-22-2017, 03:05 PM
 
Location: Coastal Georgia
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Me neither.
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Old 03-22-2017, 03:44 PM
 
Location: In a happy, quieter home now! :)
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NO, they will NOT find it 'no matter'!
It is critical!
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Old 03-22-2017, 08:08 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
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NO, they will NOT find it 'no matter'!
It is critical!
I haven't for years and we always have plenty of hummers at our feeders. Same for my neighbors. The red color of the feeders seems to be enough.

https://www.thespruce.com/is-red-dye...ngbirds-386578
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Old 03-22-2017, 09:31 PM
 
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The red coloring is so they can charge more for a cheap product. They can sell sugar water for cheap, but throw in some red coloring and slap "nectar" on the label and you have a huge profit maker! Now, the red does serve a purpose and that's to entice a hummingbird to the feeder. Of course, you can do the same with pink or orange food coloring. If the area already has a number of attracting plants, no coloring is necessary. (as an FYI, no studies have linked any harm to hummingbirds from the coloring. the only harm discovered is to people's wallets)
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Old 03-22-2017, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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Bright colors signal to the hummingbird that it might be about to find a tasty nectar snack. Red flowers are regularly visited by hummingbirds, and many people use red feeders because they believe hummingbirds won't drink from a feeder of a different color.
So why do hummingbirds flock to the red feeders? Is it the red color? Or could it be that hummingbirds are simply after the good source of energy, not a favorite color? (To test this idea, check out our hummingbird experiment.)https://askabiologist.asu.edu/vision-and-color
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Old 03-23-2017, 12:45 PM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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I have a red bottomed feeder and make my own. I have the same birds each year and sadly no too many. They come to my door when the feeder is empty, lol.
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