[birdky] Hummingbird feeding on grape jelly!

  • From: Jackie Elmore <jackiebelmore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: BirdKY BirdKY Listserve <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:13:49 +0000

I saw and photographed a ruby-throated hummingbird actually feeding on grape 
jelly I put out for the orioles today. At first I thought it might be eating 
small gnats and insects the jelly attracts, but after watching it continuing to 
return time after time to the jelly, I photographed it sticking its beak to the 
jelly several times each visit. I wonder how the sugar ratio of grape jelly 
compares to the sugar water we make for our hummingbird feeders and flowers in 
our gardens?

Jackie B. Elmore
near Stanford, Lincoln Co.

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