A male Anna’s Hummingbird using a Hummer’s Heated Delight Feeder during winter along the Columbia River Gorge in northern Oregon (photo by Bernadette Price).

With recent cold temperatures and snow falling from Texas east to Florida, some backyard birders have seen ice crystals forming in their feeders overnight, so there is obviously a need for a heated hummingbird feeder. But where do you find one? Enter the Hummer’s Heated Delight Feeders, electrically heated hummingbird feeders that simply plug into an electric socket – it’s a complete feeder and heating unit all in one. These unique hummingbird feeders come in 2 models, a 16-ounce feeder and a 32-ounce feeder, and they are reduced in price now.

Don’t worry, providing winter nectar won’t prevent hummingbirds or any other species from migrating. But for hummingbirds that don’t migrate to warmer climates, sugar-water nectar will begin to freeze at 27°F, with flowers in the area freezing too, so hummingbirds wintering in southern and some western states will appreciate a reliable nectar source. Hummer’s Heated Delight Feeders were developed and tested in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, located between the cities of Portland and Eugene, where some Anna’s Hummingbirds commonly winter. At the extreme, Hummer’s Heated Delight Feeders have been tested during winters in northern Minnesota, where even at temperatures as low as 1°F the nectar remained liquid – unfrozen.

You’ve heard of heated birdbaths, and now you have been introduced to heated hummingbird feeders – the Hummer’s Heated Delight Feeders that come in 2 sizes. These unique feeders sure beat bringing your hummingbird feeder indoors overnight to keep the nectar from freezing, then placing them outside early so the warmish nectar is ready when hummingbirds become active and need that burst of morning nectar energy.

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