Volunteers staffing our HGCNY booth:
Ronda Tambasco - Montezuma Audubon
 Soule Leiter - the zoo and the Montezuma Wine and Wildlife Festival

Carol Biesemeyer - for organizing the Lab of Ornithology trip
Dave Mitchell and John Allen - representing HGCNY helping school children plant at Green Lakes
Beth and Dave Mitchell - for hosting our quarterly planning meetings

Here's an excerpt from one of the many bird questions answered on Cornell's Lab of Ornithology website:

Q. All the hummingbird food mixtures I see in stores are red, but my neighbor said food coloring is dangerous. Is that true?

A. There is absolutely no reason to add any red dyes to hummingbird sugar water. After all, natural flower nectar is clear, and hummingbird feeders have colorful parts that attract hummingbird regardless of the color of the sugar water. There is no research that proves red dye is safe for hummingbirds, and very compelling anecdotal information from experienced, licensed rehabbers that hummers who have been fed dyed food have higher mortality and suffer tumors of the bill and liver...

Red food coloring for hummingbirds? Just say no.

Learn more about birds from the Lab of Ornithology

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