8 Fall-Blooming Flowers Friendly to Bees, Birds, and Butterflies
You’d be forgiven for thinking these were the only two species in the world that bear flowers beyond September, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
Attracting Birds
The Miraculous Ruby-Throats!
It’s springtime and the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are returning by the thousands, mostly from Central America. They are zipping through our neighborhood backyards, parks, and forest hedges.
Gardening for Birds
I’ve been cruising through the birding and gardening magazines reading all the articles about what to plant to attract bees, butterflies and birds and I want to plant them all! I remind myself that not every plant grows in every climate.
The Best Bird Food to Attract Winter Birds!
Everyone is missing their summer and autumn birds! Not to worry! The WINTER BIRDS are here! What’s the best food to attract winter birds?
Five Ways to Attract Birds This Fall
Attracting wild birds right in your own yard or garden is a great activity year-round, autumn is a great time to support our feathered friends.
To Help Birds This Winter, Go Easy on Fall Yard Work
If you want to make your backyard a welcoming winter haven for birds, some fall tasks call for a laissez-faire approach.
DID YOU KNOW? Where to hang your Hummingbird Feeders …
In a flower bed, from a eave or gutter to provide shade and a place to perch, close to safety so the hummingbirds can escape predators.
Chickadees of North America
These 5 species of Chickadees of North America have some overlapping territories and they pretty much cover the continental USA, except for the south-western states. We recognize their “Chick-a-dee-dee-dee” song.
How do birds know how to build such intricate nests?
But birds build a wide variety of nests out of a wide range of available materials, everything from the streamside burrow of the belted kingfisher to the intricately woven pouch fashioned by Baltimore orioles.
Pileateds! The Grandest of Them All!
There’s no doubt about it, the Pileated Woodpecker is among the largest of all the forest birds in the U.S. and is definitely the largest of the North American woodpeckers.