Here is how you can set up some butterfly feeders right in your own backyard. The Right Plants In order to attract butterflies into your yard you want to have some brightly colored flowers in every shade possible. If you have the space to allow for part of the garden to grow wild then...
Not a bird but this tree limb is perfect for a squirrel. I haven’t seen a lot of House Finches, but that could change as the season progresses. House Finch (male) The challenge has been keeping up with four suet feeders this summer. The House Sparrows are very good at clinging (I ...
the iconic butterfly — Maryland’s state arthropod — needs the entire habitat to thrive; no amount of turtleheads in home or school gardens is going to do the trick. Maryland could take a page out of the National Trust playbook.
Some gardening centers even have special butterfly feeders that are brightly colored like flowers and allow you to add a special sugar mix for them to enjoy.The Monarch butterfly has an interesting way of consuming its sweet foods. Instead of a mouth, it has a proboscis, which is a straw...
Butterfly adults have three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings. The body and wings are covered tieh scales. Adults are liquid feeders unlike their larval young. Most adults have an extending proboisis and feed exclusively on flower nectar. Some species may feed on plant pollen. ...
Keeping your feeders clean and hygienic is a vital aspect of feeding the birds.Not only are hummers more likely to imbibe from a clean feeding station, but it’s healthier for them as well. Most hummingbirds would rather go without food than drink nectar that has gone bad, so it’s imp...
Food: Plant flowers, bushes, and trees. These provide seeds, berries, leaves, flowers, and sweet liquids. And all of these feed birds, and insects. You can also add some feeders for squirrels and birds. Where possible, stick with native plants—wild plants that grow naturally in your area...
We arrive at our hotel for the next 3 nights, Septimo Paraiso, a few kms above the ecotourist town of Mindo. This is a nice place to stay, in the big main wooden building, with rooms that look out into the woods. Lots of hummingbird feeders, with one of my favorites, the purple...
This is where they have fruit feeders for tanagers, and we had a few red-necked tanagers come in, plus lots of hummers. We were so full some of us just had ice cream for dinner that night at 7pm, we went to a sorveteria where you dish up your own ice cream and then weigh it,...
the sign says from 1899. Creaky old wooden floors, big windows that fold back and open, great food, lovely gardens, and some good birds right on the grounds. It’s cool and windy, so we don’t have hardly any butterflies for the next couple of days, but very interesting mossy forest...