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Tadpole Raisin

(1,379 posts)
1. Is this in your yard?
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:11 PM
Jul 31

Besides whatever territory they cover in the USA, do you have to really work at planting the right amount and mix of flowering plants or hang feeders?

I’ve always been fascinated by hummingbirds.

Walleye

(34,473 posts)
2. This is on my deck. I have a plate glass window on the back door to my second floor deck. I hang feeders and in the
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:28 PM
Jul 31

In the spring, I’ll get some red flowering plants like hibiscus and Mandevilla vine for my deck. And I hang feeders on a wire like it’s a clothesline to keep the squirrels away. The hummingbirds come back every year, about the last week in April. I’m always delighted when they find their way back. I read that they go back to wherever they were nesting successfully.

Tadpole Raisin

(1,379 posts)
3. That made me smile. How wonderful that you do that... and I should also have said great picture! Thanks.
Wed Jul 31, 2024, 06:36 PM
Jul 31

AllaN01Bear

(22,645 posts)
6. when i still lived w my mom , she had planted a trumpet vine on the outside entrance stair well and the
Wed Aug 7, 2024, 11:14 AM
Aug 7

vine spillled onto the deck. was fun watching the hummers tank up and even though there was plenty of flowers , the males would fight for them.

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