Here's what to do with those watermelon scraps! Hummingbirds and butterflies enjoy watermelon. (We went to a butterfly garden this summer, and butterflies sure do love watermelon!
How to get hummingbirds to nest! I love the mosaic look of the moss that humming birds sculpt onto their nests. Humming birds are very allusive but some people have actually trained them to trust the human hand.
Taken July The first RTHU nest has fledged, the penny gives scale. The same female RTHU who built this nest and raised one young to fledging has a second nest nearby with two eggs.
Looking for hummingbird nests? They're small and often hidden, but this image by Bill Hilton Jr.via Operation Ruby Throat will give you an idea of what to look for. Do not remove any nests you find because hummers and other birds reuse their nests.
"The humming bird eggs will be white and less than half an inch long, about the size of a small jelly bean or 3 newly hatched baby Ruby-throated hummingbirds would weigh less than one American dime.
Back yard Chickens I see one thing missing from this scene. It's the hens scratching favorite plants out of the ground as they dig a pit in the dirt to dust themselves. The downside of having free range hens!