Hummingbirds use their tongues to lap up nectar. Much the same way dogs or cats lap up water to get a drink.
With their beaks....
Hummingbirds feed on feeders or flowers if a flower of feeder does not have a perch then the hummingbird will hover over the flower or feeder during feeding. p.s. humming birds can open there beaks too.
A bird's beak is evolved for the sort of food the bird eats. For example, birds who eat hard seeds have strong beaks to crack them open. Birds who drink flower nectar have long skinny beaks to fit inside the flowers.
Bills or beaks suitable for kinds of food they eat. Some birds like Eagles have hooked beaks to tear the flesh of their prey ; some birds have short,thin beaks to capture insects ; and some birds have short, thick beaks to open seeds. some birds have even long,thin beaks for probing flowers for nectar or searching the soft mud for worms and shellfish.
sugar water and red food coloring It is not advised to give hummingbirds red food colouring. Though scientific research has not conclusively proven that food colourings cause harm to hummingbirds, the colouring is unnecessary, and could still expose the birds to harmful effects.
Parrots will pick up their food with the massive beaks and use the tip of their beak to break open the nuts, then using their strong tongues they work the inside of the nut to the surface where they can eat it. They will also use their feet as hands to hold their food still
They use their beaks to drink water and poke their food
They use their beaks to brake open fruits and nuts. They also eat flowers and nectar.
Penguins are flightless, marine birds. They catch their food in their beaks and then swallow it whole.
Toco toucans get there food by flying up to a tree and picking off the food with there colrful beaks.
The eagle eats their food by holding it with their talons and tearing at it with their beaks. Eagles sometimes eat where they nest and others times in places that are safe from predators.
mashed potatoes and eagle beaks or a good fufu and jamajama