“Watching hummingbirds whir around your garden is a true delight! If you want to entice more of these little beauties to your yard, add native plants that hummingbirds love in containers and garden beds. It’s also fun to offer them several feeders throughout your garden, especially where you can observe their midair acrobatics.

To keep these winged wizards healthy, hummingbird feeders must be cleaned regularly. ‘Hummingbirds may come to a dirty feeder, so it’s up to you to keep feeders clean and safe for them,’ says Erika Zambello, communications director at Audubon Florida. ‘Keeping your feeder clean keeps the birds healthy. Mold and bacteria can make a bird sick. If a sick bird visits your feeder, it can pass on its illness to other birds visiting the same feeder.'”

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