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Does using food coloring in their sugar water hurt the hummingbirds?

April 26, 2017coloring food hummingbirds hurt sugar water

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Does using food coloring in their sugar water hurt the hummingbirds?

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As far as I know there is no research that documents any threat to hummingbirds from food coloring. We like the color in the feeder and we think the birds find the sugar water sooner. It probably is not needed to attract the birds especially for feeders that have already been found by the birds.