Birds are attracted to lawns and gardens that offer food and water for them. For your bird watching friend or

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Bird Feeders

Bird feeders attract a wide range of birds such as Bluebirds, Cardinals, Wrens and Chickadees and a lot of other species of birds. Hummingbird feeders and Oriole feeders display nectar for these birds to drink. Some bird feeders are more decorative than practical. Choose a feeder that is attractive and keeps the seed dry. Wet seed turns moldy and will make the birds sick. A tube feeder is an idea feeder to give as a gift. The birds love the spiral tube bird feeders. They can run up and down the spiral instead of flying off to another perch to go to another seed port.

Bird Baths

Birds need to frolic in shallow water to groom themselves. Bird  baths are an attractive garden ornament that will also help to attract a wide variety of birds throughout the year. You can

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purchase any very attractive, decorative bird baths at our website. A heating unit can be put into these to keep them from freezing during the winter months or you could purchase a heated bird bath which can be used year round.

Bird Houses

Birds love playing around a bird house, poking their noses inside the hole to see what is inside of them. There are bird houses that are made to attract a particular bird such as Bluebird Houses. For a bird house that will last for many years choose one made of cedar or recycled plastic. Cedar bird houses help to keep away insects and moths that hate the smell of cedar! Bird houses are great garden accent additions to any lawn or garden. Bird watchers enjoy receiving them as gifts.

Bird Decor Items

Bird watchers also enjoy receiving gifts with bird designs on them such as door mats, coffee mugs, ornaments, garden stakes, wind

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Gold Finch Wind Chime

Attracting Hummingbirds to your yard is easy and practically guaranteed!

Where ever you live in the USA there’s at least one species of hummingbird that will make your yard more interesting.    If you live in the Southwest you will get the lion’s share.

I feel that hummingbirds are the single most interesting bird to attract to your yard.  They are beautiful, their flight patterns are unique, and they make very unusual sounds which announce their presence.

They make a squeaky, chittery noise that sounds more like mice than birds as they perch and fly.  Their wings make noise, too, somewhat like a small industrial sewing machine.  During their courtship routine, they make a vrooming noise, somewhat like a child mimicking the sound of a jet airplane.  If God had given them the gift of song, they would be perfect!

Their behavior is aggressive, consistent and predictable.

Hummingbirds follow the food.  Wherever there’s an inviting supply of nectar flowers, the birds will be buzzing.  As nectar feeders gained in popularity in recent years, the hummers have shifted their migration patterns and species have begun to show up in new territories.  By keeping feeders available during the winter and early spring, you might keep them year round!  Go to Garden Accent Heaven for the best priced, highest quality, and greatest variety of hummingbird feeders.

Fall and winter are perfect times to plan the longest growing season of hummingbird plant magnets.  High nectar content is the first principle, and then choose red-orange, red, and orange flowers that are a tubular shaped.  Bees will also be attracted to many of the same type flowers.  Read on for some helpful hints.

Hummers also eat tiny insects and spiders.  They use the spider webs to make their nests so it is good to have webs about your yard for them to gather.

Providing water for them is highly recommended.  Spend the amount needed to purchase a bird bath with a mister just for your hummers. (Link to our site) They love the fine spray.  You can even add a timer and the hummers will learn the time settings and be waiting for their bath! And you will know when  the show will begin!

Now let’s talk about which plants to put in your yard.  Choose tubular shaped flowers, those with a flaring rim above a long tube that attaches to the stem.  Tubular flowers are inaccessible to other pollinators so that the hummers are assured of a reward when they visit them.  Example:  daisy type flowers have high nectar but all insects can get to them.  Some bees will get in to some of the tubular but the hummers and bees have a pretty good team approach .

You will want to plant perennials, annuals, vines, shrubs and small trees thus providing the widest range of choices and the longest growing season.   Following are the most common plants that will grow in most areas of the USA.  With a bit more effort on your winter reading, you will find more plants specific to your region.

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Hummingbirds beat their wings about 78 times per second. During a display dive, their wings can beat up to 200 times per second.

They take about 250 breaths per minute

Their hearts beat about 1,260 times per minute

They have 1,500 feathers

They consume half their body weight (1/8 lb)in food every day. That would be like an average kids eating about 40 to 50 pounds of food a day.

During migration, they must fly 500 miles nonstop over the Gulf of Mexico to reach their wintering grounds in Mexico and Central America. The make the trip, they must eat enough so they weigh 1 1/2 times their usual weight.

They can fly at speeds of 60 miles per hour and can fly forwards, backwards, up, down, sideways and even upside down briefly, but they can not walk.

Average life span is 3-5 Years-Maximum 12 Years.

Check out our website for Hummingbird feeders to attract these wonderful birds to your backyard.

In the United States, you can find over 16 kinds of Hummingbirds. For people east of the Rockies, the most prevalent by far is the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. In fact the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is the most widely distributed of the worlds’ 338 species of Hummingbirds, all of which occur ONLY in the Western Hemisphere.

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is often found between woodland and meadow. However, it has adapted well to human development, but only if there is shelter, space and food. Thus, it is frequently seen in suburban backyards with mature trees and shrubs, in wooded parks, and around farmsteads.

The Keys to Attracting Hummingbirds are to provide Food, Help for Nesting, and Misters (Water) for them to fly through. Offer lots of feeders protected from ants and keep your feeders clean. Hummingbirds will not feed at a dirty feeder.

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