How to Get Hummingbirds To Nest by You

How to Get Hummingbirds to Nest by You - If you would like to see more hummingbirds around your yard you need to provide two sources, food and nesting materials.

How to Get Hummingbirds to Nest by You. If you would like more hummingbirds around your yard, you need to provide two sources: food and nesting materials.

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Downy Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker The Downy woodpecker is the smallest of North America’s woodpeckers but there are many smaller species elsewhere, especially the piculets. General Information Woodpecker with mainly black on the upper parts & wings, with a white back, throat & belly and a white bar above the eye and one below. Name:: Downy Woodpecker Scientific … Read more

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Red Bellied Woodpecker

The red-bellied woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker of the Picidae family. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada. Its common name is somewhat misleading, as the most prominent red part of its plumage is on the head.

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6 Ways to Keep Ants Out of Hummingbird Feeders

Keep Ants Out of Hummingbird Feeder

6 Ways To Keep Ants Out Of Hummingbird Feeders

Ants are attracted to sugar and sweetness and since hummingbird feeders are made up of sugar water, they, of course, are going to go straight for the mixture.  Here are 6 ways to keep ants out of your hummingbird feeders.

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White Breasted Nuthatch

General Characteristics of White-Breasted Nuthatches One of my favorite birds to watch is white-breasted nuthatches.  You can always tell when they are around because they have a unique yank, yank voice and lower hah, hah, hah hah, hah call note. General Information Name:: White-Breasted Nuthatch Scientific Name:: Sitta carolinensis Family: Nuthatch Size: 8 – 11 … Read more

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

The eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, where it is common in many different habitats.

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Gray Fox

Gray Fox

I was on my way to photograph the sunset along the shores of Green Bay which requires me to head out through the country roads but I didn’t get all that far.  This splendid gray fox was ducking in and out of a few cars on a piece of property right in town.

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Thirteen Lined Ground Squirrel

Thirteen Lined Ground Squirrel

Thirteen Lined Ground Squirrel

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel, also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, squinney, and as the leopard-spermophile in Audubon’s day, is a ground squirrel. It is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.

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