Just sugar water. No dye.
4cups water, 1 cup sugar. Same as everyone I guess. They love it by our house and everyone is amazed. Our neighbors who have moved up to their cabins and cottages after retiring the last several years have taken advantage and our numbers dwindled some for a couple of years but now there are just more for everyone.
We have tons of flowers: Annuals, perenials and plenty of wildflowers, wild cherry blossoms, etc. Shutters are red, etc.
I've never seen anything like it anywhere else either. Like I said, though, you should see it in July. After the young learn to fly it is like Ohare airport around here and they ain't shy. Sometimes they buzz by so close that they rustle your hair. They are VERY unafraid of my wife and when really hungry they almost attack when she refills the feeders. At their peak we refill all five feeders 2-4 times daily and the feeder shown is our smallest by far. This year this one is their favorite feeder. Every year they seem to gravitate towards one mostly. Don't know why and there does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it.
We also have lots of pine and spruce and they go from those to the feeder and back, taking turns somewhat. Out in our yard it is just a constant hum most days.
I live in far northern WI and we have a log home on a crystal clear lake surrounded by national forest. Saw a bear 2 nights ago. Eagles all over, Wolves, even mountain lions but I haven't seen one of those yet. Great hunting, good fishing. The range nearby I almost always have to myself.
Now I just need a little time off!