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How To Make a Wild Bird Heaven in Your Own Backyard
Hello! I am Margo and I am passionate about feeding backyard birds!
If you enjoy learning about the feeding, mating, nesting and sounds of the birds in your backyard then this site is for you.
Click on the pictures below to browse through my topics; they will help you get the most out of your bird feeders and the birds that visit them.
Birds are probably the most fun and certainly the easiest of all animals to watch in your own backyard...
You can even bring wild birds right up to your window!
Whether you own several acres of garden in the countryside or just a window-box in the city, watching garden birds can be an intensely rewarding pastime.
And identifying wild birds can keep you absorbed for hours.
Choosing the right backyard bird feeder will help to attract the specific birds you want to your garden.
And there is so much more that you can do to make your feathered friends choose your backyard and come up close for many hours of exciting viewing!
Once you start, you will be hooked!
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- "My BEST"...section for my personal recommendations.
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Helping You Make a Wild Bird Heaven in Your Own Backyard
BIRD ID For Today
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Adult
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are the only breeding hummingbird in eastern North America.
- Bright emerald or golden-green on the back and crown, with gray-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent red throat that can look dark when not in good light.
- Beats its wings about 53 times a second.
- They fly straight and fast, but can stop instantly, hover, and adjust their position up, down, or backwards with great control.
- Live in open woodlands, forest edges, meadows, grasslands, parks, gardens and backyards.
- They have very short legs which prevent it from walking or hopping. It shuffles along a perch.
- Nest normally on a tree branch but they are used to human habitation and have been known to nest on loops of chain or wire.
- The oldest known Ruby-throated Hummingbird was 9 years 1 month old.
- Feed on the nectar of red or orange tubular flowers, as well as at hummingbird feeders. Also catch insects in midair or pull them out of spider webs.
- Conservation status is Least Concern.
