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How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden in Early Spring

Garden Experiments — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:44:57 +0000

When the early hummingbirds start to arrive, there isn’t much in bloom, so adding early-spring-blooming flowering plants to your garden and hanging up hummingbird feeders can help attract the birds. Here are five flowering shrubs, vines, and plants that hummingbirds feed on in early spring. Red Buckeye In my opinion, one of the best early […]

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Bird Baths in Winter: How to Unfreeze Your Bird Bath

Garden Experiments — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 19:43:00 +0000

Birds need water to survive, so keeping a bird bath full of fresh water will attract many different species. Here are some tips on how to keep your bird bath filled with water all year round. Do Birds Need Water in Winter? Winter is here, and the birds in your backyard are thirsty. Sure, they […]

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Coral Honeysuckle Vine: How to Grow This Native Vine for Hummingbirds

Garden Experiments — Tue, 24 May 2022 20:34:53 +0000

The slender, bright red, tubular flowers blooming at the ends of the coral honeysuckle vine (Lonicera sempervirens) will add a bright spot of color to your garden. The interior of the honeysuckle flowers is often yellow, making them stand out even more against the green leaves of this vine. Although the flowers of this vine […]

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Male and Female Birds that Look Alike – Monomorphic Birds

Garden Experiments — Wed, 11 May 2022 16:07:52 +0000

When I was young, I thought all the Blue Jays that I saw in our backyard were males. They had the crest, the bright colors, and the size of a typical male songbird. So, it just made sense to me. But I always wondered, why did I never see any female Blue Jays? What did […]

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2022 Hummingbird Migration

Garden Experiments — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 19:19:47 +0000

Hummingbirds were sighted in Alabama and Louisiana in mid-February. They were spotted in Mississippi just a short while after that, so if you haven’t seen some yet, they’re headed your way! You can see the birds as they are sighted on the map below. 2022 Hummingbird Migration Map by Hummingbird Central Now is the time […]

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Celebrating Pollinators – Bees, Butterflies, Birds and More

Garden Experiments — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 19:32:23 +0000

National Pollinator Week occurs in mid- to late-June each year. The goal of this Week is to celebrate the beneficial insects, birds, and mammals that pollinate the flowers of plants that produce much of our food, maintain our ecosystems, stabilize soils, and provide wildlife habitat. It also serves to educate people about what they can […]

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When Do You Put Out Your Hummingbird Feeders in Spring

Garden Experiments — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 21:26:06 +0000

The first hummingbirds start showing up in southern Texas, Louisiana, and northern Florida in late February and the first week of March. Hummingbirds will arrive in my garden around mid to late March – at the same time as the red buckeyes are in full bloom. This is when I’ll hang my hummingbird feeders in […]

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How to Keep Ants Out of Your Hummingbird Feeder

Garden Experiments — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:49:09 +0000

You know the struggle. You find the perfect place for your hummingbird feeder, you know the one, right outside the kitchen window, and the next time you look, there are ants on, in, and around your hummingbird feeder. Once they are inside the feeder, they will die and cause mold and fungus to grow in […]

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The Dramatic Baby Bird Rescue

Garden Experiments — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 12:36:19 +0000

Generally I have a policy of leaving nature to take its course. I am unable to care for baby critters – so if I see one that is by itself or looks a little in need, I may provide it some food or water, but I refuse to bring them indoors or try to ‘save’ […]

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Backyard Wildlife Summer 2016

Garden Experiments — Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:04:17 +0000

This summer has been full of weird and wonderful backyard wildlife. From a nest of barred owls to frogs to snakes and turtles, I’ve seen a lot in my garden and backyard. Watching wildlife is one of the things I enjoy so much about my garden and yard. It’s why I work hard to create […]

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