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Backyard Bird Shop carries the largest selection of hummingbird feeders in town. If you haven’t taken a look at our selection before, it can be overwhelming in the beginning. Here are some tips to make your purchasing decision easier: Read more...
All it takes is a few sunny days at the end of winter to get me thinking about the garden. Over the years I have added more and more plants to attract birds and bring color and interest to my garden. Although many organizations encourage planting native plants in the garden, my hummingbirds and I are easily drawn to the flashy cultivars that are stocked at the local nurseries. Read more...
Here are a few fun hummingbird facts ..... Read more...
Look a little closer among the beautiful spring flowers, and maybe you will see them. Tiny, acrobatic, fearless little flying jewels, hummingbirds are the favorite birds of many Northwesterners. With a little luck, a little patience, and a hummingbird feeder in your yard, soon you could find out for yourself just why that is. Read more...
You can make your own hummingbird nectar, with table sugar and boiling water. Read more...
Using red dye is certainly not necessary to attract hummingbirds to a feeder. With a good bit of scientific evidence pointing to possible ill effects, it makes sense not to use it! Read more...
If you have an aluminum pie plate, Backyard Bird Shop has everything else to create a no-freeze feeding station for Anna's Hummingbirds. Read more...
It’s unusual for us to get the winter freezes and snow here in the Portland/Vancouver area, but when we do, the resident Anna’s Hummingbirds count on our feeders more than ever. I have three hummingbird feeders that I keep going all winter long. When we have freezing weather, they are more popular than ever. When the weather drops into the 20’s, keeping the nectar from freezing is a big challenge. Here are some ideas, with illustrations, that may make it easier! Read more...
Did you know that the Portland area is the year-round residence of one species of hummingbird? Anna’s Hummingbirds, the largest of coastal Pacific Northwest hummers, are non-migratory! Both sexes are primarily greenish in color, but in sunlight males flash purplish red iridescence on their foreheads, throat patches, and sides of neck. Read more...
This time of year, bird enthusiasts’ attentions undoubtedly turn to…. hummingbirds! There are two species of hummingbirds that we see in the Portland area: Anna’s and Rufous Hummingbirds. We thrill to their flash of iridescent color, the soft whirr of their wings, their delicate nature. Read more...
Here are a few reminders about hummingbird feeding..... Read more...
Did you know that the Portland area is the year-round residence of one species of hummingbird? Anna’s Hummingbirds, the largest of coastal Pacific Northwest hummers, are nonmigratory. How do these tiny little birds, so dependent on nectar and insects for food, manage survive this far north? They, like other hummingbirds, have the ability to go into a torpid state to conserve energy. Read more...
Here in the northwest we have Anna's Hummingbirds that stay here year round. How do these little tiny birds survive in the cold weather? Here is some interesting info about them. Read more...
In the dead of winter, there sure aren't many flowers or insects, so Anna's Hummers become regular feeder visitors in my yard. It is unfortunate that as the weather turns very cold, and nectar freezes, that's the time that our hummers need it the most! Read more...
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