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A Mosaic Bird Bath Brings Art to Your Yard
Mosaic Bird Bath If you’d like to spruce up your backyard, try adding a beautiful mosaic bird bath as a focal point. These ceramic birdbaths are versatile as they are able to hold a heater in freezing winter months–a critical time for birds when most baths are rendered useless. Vibrant colors are available in many themes, like frogs, fish, butterflies and hummingbirds. They are easy to clean, and most have some type of insert from the stand to the bowl, thus securing it properly.
Birds need water to drink and bathe as well. Feathers must be kept clean (preened) in order to work right. Shallow baths work best, or ones that have a walk-in or step-down approach for birds. A bird bath is a good investment for attracting birds, and one that will likely last a lifetime.
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Wonderful Bird Colors of Spring
Spring is just around the corner….and it promises that birds who have gone elsewhere for the winter will soon be returning and bringing more color and activity to our backyards. Very soon you can see brilliant Bluebirds, Dazzling acrobatic Hummingbirds, Bright Goldfinches, Orange Orioles, & more in your yard!
Best of all you don’t have to keep just bird feeders full of seed to attract them. Water, nesting material, native plants, fruit, and sugar can be instrumental in attracting these and other colorful spring birds. Don’t forget too, that now is the time to clean out, check, and repair any nest boxes you have.
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New Accessories to Attract Hummingbirds
Hummingbird with Nesting Material It’s almost that time of year when the Ruby-Throat Hummingbirds are bound for that perilous journey from their winter grounds in Central America. Flying thousands of miles across the Gulf of Mexico, they will flood the eastern parts of the U.S. to the delight of many backyard birders. At the same time, the Black-chinned Hummingbirds and others will migrate out of Mexico and settle in the central and western U.S.
Hummer Helper Starter Kit Hummingbird feeders are not the only thing to attract the tiny jewels to your yard. New birding accessories like the leaf mister are absolute hummingbird magnets–they will flit, fly and dance through the gentle spray! The newest hummingbird accessory is the Hummer Helper. This is a flat wire basket filled with a special nesting material proven to be used by hummingbirds. The Hummingbird Society even endorsed this product, and will feature it in their upcoming newsletter! Separate refills are available too.
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