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lack-chinned Hummers returned to Mountain City last week. If you took your feeders down for winter, now’s the time to get them back up.

The formula for hummingbird syrup is just over one part sugar to four parts warm water, well-stirred to dissolve sugar. For safety of birds, do not add red color.

If you took down your feeders, that was not necessary. Rufous Hummingbirds travel here, mostly from the Northwest, to winter.

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