DAVES SECRET FORMULA FOR
BACKYARD HUMMINGBIRD SWARMS  

1. Boil a pot of water... let it roll.  It clears out some of the contaminants and helps the solution become more saturated with sugar.
2. Find a container that won't melt... and mix four parts hot water to one part granulated sugar.  Don't mess with that store bought red powder or liquid... it's costly and adds in coloring the birds don't need.
   
3. Allow your nectar mixture to cool. 
4. Once cooled, pour your nectar into a clean hummingbird feeder. 
5. Put your feeder in visible place... high enough that predators like cats and roadrunners (no kidding) can't pick the hummingbirds off.
6. Keep the feeder clean... changing the nectar out often, especially when Summer temperatures turn nectar into fermented sugar water.  No one needs a drunk hummingbird.
7. Enjoy your backyard birds.