Hummingbird Attraction & Photographing with Natural Light - includes related article on favored food of hummingbirds

PSA Journal, April, 1999 by Roger Erich Schuettke

There are few ways to spend a quiet time that are more enjoyable than the time spent photographing hummingbirds.

RELATED ARTICLE: Hummingbirds

Sources of Nectar and Insects

by Roger Erich Schuettke

Variety in selection of shrubs, vines and plants that are preferred by hummingbirds is the key to both attracting and encouraging extended visitations. A few of the more popular are listed here.

* Wild current (Ribes sanquinium)

* Huckleberry (Gaylussacia)

* Oregon Grape (Berberis Spp.)

* Fuchsia (Zauchnema calif.)

* Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii)

* Horsemint (Manarda Spp.)

* Trumpet vi, (Campsis radicans)

* Honeysuckle (Lonicera Spp.)

* Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

* Scarlet runner bean (Phasealus coccineus)

* Amber Lily (Anthericum torreyi)

* Bluebell (Mertensia Spp.)

* Coral Bell (Heuchera sanquinea)

* Columbine (Aquilegia Spp.)

* Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

* Beeplant (Cleome Spp.)

* Fuchsia (Fuchsia Hyb)

* Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uvi-ursi)

* Plox (Plox Spp.)

* Mountain 4 O'clock, (Mirabilis oblongifolia)

* Pink (Selene Spp.)

* Tiger Lily (Lillum Columbianum)

Primrose, (Primula Spp.)

* Sweet Williams (Plox maculata) Petunia (Petunia Spp.)

* Tabacco Flower (Nicotiana alata) Penstamons, (Penstamon Spp.)

* Red Sage (Salvia splendens)

* Paintbrush (Costilleje Spp.)

* Alstramaria Peruvium.

References:

"Hummingbirds and How to Attract Them," Washington Department of Wildlife.

"Create a Haven for Hummingbirds," Organic Gardening (7/8-96).

"A Hummingbird Garden," Wildlife Magazine (7-97).

John Gould's Hummingbirds, The Wellfleet Press.

Hummingbirds: Their Life and Behavior by Esther and Robert Tyrell.