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Blue jays get a bad rap because they are loud, steal all your bird seed or nuts, then dominate your feeders, keeping other birds from feeding. Here’s some good reasons to like them, and even invite them to feed in your backyard: REASON #1 Besides being beautiful, Jays have been known to hide nuts, acorns, and seeds of all kinds then forget where they stored them. They are actually responsible for planting the forest trees, wild berry bushes and wildflowers you enjoy out in the open…
Many people put out a single hummingbird feeder then wonder why they don’t have a lot of hummingbirds visiting. One of the biggest reasons for this is that if you only have one feeder out, a single hummingbird can dominate it and keep others from feeding. Many of us have seen those pictures of hummingbirds swarming at hummingbird feeders and looked on with envy, wondering how to achieve this in our own backyards. You can achieve this by adding more feeders. There is no limit to…
We have all heard the notion that hummingbirds are attracted to the color red. Hummingbirds do seem to have a greater preference to the yellow and red end of the color spectrum, with blues appearing duller to them. The bright, warm colors, like red, seem to stand out more to hummingbirds. Because of their high energy needs, hummingbirds will seek out sources that offer the most nectar and then stick to them. Feeders obviously offer the most nectar available from a single source, and because of the abundance