Hummingbirds eat nectar and small insects.
"If you feed them they'll come..." That is true to most of nature. Living things can sense the direction of the source of good things and tend to gravitate towards it. Life was designed that way for survival. In the case of plants, their roots grow toward moist areas and the leaves towards the light. If plants that seem so immobile can get to the food how much more to those that are equipped with wings and legs?
Yes, I'm referring to the birds and other small mammals that now seem to reside in our garden because we have been regularly giving them food. In return they give us entertainment and they help with pest control by eating aphids, larvae, slugs and snails that have found their way to my garden.
There are so many wild doves in the area but we got our resident ones.
All of these birds can be attracted to a garden depending on the plants growing around. However, in the absence of plants they can be lured by providing them feeds and water. During summer time, water is as important as the feed in attracting them to the garden.
He's cute but he scares the birds from the feeders.
The other thing that make a garden bird-friendly is the presence of bushes that provide shelter and cover from predator. In our garden, the boxwood hedges provide just that to the finches when the hawk tries to get to them.
Broken saucers can still serve as a feeder.
Old breads are not wasted.
When the quails are around, they bring down the snail population.
If you want to make your garden more interesting this season, try attracting more birds into it.
Even doves enjoy the hammock in the garden
Birds are good boarders, they pay their fees in terms of entertainment and pest control.
