Butterfly and Hummingbird Feeders
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Sugar Water and the Swallowtail Butterfly
When I went outside the Swallowtail Butterfly was nowhere to be seen. However, I love flowers in the morning when they are all fresh and revived from the blistering heat from the day before, so I ended up shooting some pretty good photos of flowers I am growing.
Right, when I was getting ready to go inside, guess who showed up? Yep, the teasing Swallowtail Butterfly! Trying to capture that little guy was a trip! My husband came out and seen me I suppose, but he stepped back inside the house and came back out with this tiny bowl of sugar water. The butterfly would fly around and finally stopped long enough to check it out from a distance. This was the photo I was able to capture.
That ordeal is what lead me to write this page. I never knew they had "Butterfly Feeders available. Oh, by the way by the end of the evening my husband had ordered me a butterfly feeder from eBay and I cannot wait to get it!
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Butterflies and Hummingbirds
Garden Stake Handcrafted Decor Butterfly Bird Feeder
Butterfly Bird Feeder Stake
Amazon Price: $19.09 (as of 05/30/2012)
Product Description
This Garden Stake Handcrafted Decor Butterfly Bird Feeder - Regal Art #A558 is a fun, unique and whimsical decorative stake for your garden and patio. Scatter these quality stakes, with hand-painted details, throughout your outdoor landscape to richly brighten and personalize. Special painting techniques create a 'patina' effect, and the use of richly colored automobile paint sets the finish apart from the competition. Some jiggle (like wings) in the breeze; others spins (like spinwheels); all enhance your outdoor landscape.
Regal Art & Gift is the leading manufacturer in the Gift & Garden Industry. Owners Bill and Audrey Costello started the company in 1992 by introducing unique decorative Home & Garden products. Over the past 17 years their exclusive quality product offerings and always-fresh designs have helped the company become the leader in this industry.
Homemade Butterfly Nectar
"Butterflies do not like their nectar as sweet as Hummingbirds"
Ingredients
- One Part Sugar
- Nine Parts Water
Instructions
Warm the mixture together on the stove to make sure the sugar has dissolved completely. After it has cooled, put a little into the "Butterfly Fedder" and store the remaining in the refrigerator- I use a mason jar to keep the nectar fresh.
Be sure to change out the water every couple of days in the warmer weather because the heat makes the mixture spoil faster.
Homemade Hummingbird Nectar
"Hummingbirds love their nectar sweet!"
Ingredients
- One Part Sugar-I use 1/4 cup
- Four Parts Water-I use I cup distilled water
Instructions
Mix together and warm the mixture together on the stove to make sure the sugar has completely dissolved. DO NOT add red food dye to the nectar mix because the dye has no nutritional value to it and it can cause damage to the hummingbird's kidneys. Try to make sure your hummingbird feeder is red; if not you can attach a red silk flower to the feeder for decoration. After the mixture has cooled; add some to the hummingbird feeder and store the remaining nectar in the refrigerator- I use a mason jar to keep the nectar fresh.
Be sure to change out the nectar at least once a week and in warmer weather perhaps ever two days. This will help to keep the nectar fresh and not ferment. Direct sunlight speeds up the fermentation process spoiling the nectar a lot faster.
Butterfly Nectar
Hummingbird Nectar
You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.
~Author Unknown~
Butterfly Feeders
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
~Ê Maya Angelou~
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Jewelsofawe Apr 16, 2012 @ 3:03 pm | delete
- I have not heard of butterfly feeders until now. That definitely interests me.
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Bedroom-Decor-Ideas
Apr 16, 2012 @ 10:43 am | delete
- I actually plan on building one of these with my kids this week. Butterfly and Hummingbird Feeders are a lot of fun in Spring.
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Waxing-Lyrical Aug 13, 2011 @ 10:45 am | delete
- I'd never heard of butterfly feeders before. Time to invest in one, I think!
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Rewards4life Jun 9, 2011 @ 1:03 am | delete
- Cracking lens, Eva. I never though about buying feeders for butterflies, and now I'm really considering it. Also, thanks for the recipe, and sharing this wonderful "Butterflies and Hummingbirds" video.
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Susan52
Jun 7, 2011 @ 10:39 am | delete
- I'll be looking forward to some of your new "butterfly at feeder" pictures which, I'm sure, will be as beautiful as your gorgeous flower photos! Now, time for me to go get the hummingbird feeder, which should have been out a few weeks ago!
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WhiteOak50
Jun 7, 2011 @ 12:21 pm | delete
- (smiles) oh, you betcha. I am hoping to capture some photos of the hummingbirds too.
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- I love hummingbird feeders, hummingbirds and butterflies. I'll have to get one one of these days. I had one a few years ago but I guess it got left behind...
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WhiteOak50
Jun 7, 2011 @ 12:20 pm | delete
- Me too Patricia.
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clouda9
Jun 6, 2011 @ 7:33 pm | delete
- Ooh these are lovely choices to attract hummingbirds and butterflies into your garden. Love the teacup feeders, unique idea.
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WhiteOak50
Jun 7, 2011 @ 12:20 pm | delete
- Aren't they beautiful Correen.
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GrowWear
Jun 6, 2011 @ 7:22 pm | delete
- Had no idea about butterfly feeders. :)
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WhiteOak50
Jun 7, 2011 @ 12:19 pm | delete
- Neither did I MiMi, but they are so beautiful!! I cannot wait to receive mine.
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