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• <br />Flowers for birds <br />Aster <br />Conef lower <br />Coreopsis <br />Sunflower <br />Nectar plants for <br />hummingbirds <br />Hummingbirds are typically <br />attracted to red and yellow <br />tubular flowers, although <br />they frequently visit others <br />as well. <br />Bee balm <br />Columbine <br />Delphinium <br />Fuchsia <br />Honeysuckle <br />Jewel weed <br />Lobelia <br />Penstemon <br />Phlox <br />Salvia <br />Trumpet creeper <br />Additional food and <br />shelter for birds <br />You can provide additional <br />food and shelter for birds <br />and other wildlife by build- <br />ing or purchasing feeders <br />and houses and by setting <br />out certain foods. Watching <br />birds feeding can be an <br />enjoyable pastime. Find out <br />which birds spend the <br />winter in or migrate <br />through your area, and <br />provide food for them. <br />Check to see which birds <br />1 <br />1 <br />PREVIOUS PAGE <br />(top) Northern <br />cardinal, male; <br />(bottom right) <br />Supplemental food <br />for birds; <br />(bottom left) <br />Interspersed native <br />plants <br />This PAGE <br />(top right) Anna's <br />hummingbird <br />(bottom right) <br />Eastern bluebird <br />male, at nest box <br />are most common and <br />which are rare or in special <br />need of food and shelter. <br />Many species of birds can be <br />attracted by a variety of <br />feed in different styles of <br />feeders. Be sure to put feed- <br />ers out of reach of <br />predators. <br />Common food <br />for birds <br />Hummingbird. <br />Sugar water (1 part sugar to <br />4. parts water) in a feeder. <br />1?very 3-4 days, wash feeder <br />with soap and water, rinse <br />thoroughly, and add new <br />sugar water. <br />Oriole: <br />Citrus fruit on a nail <br />Titmouse, nutbatcb, chick- <br />adee, and many others: <br />Black oil sunflower seeds <br />Goldfinch, pine siskin: <br />Thistle seed <br />Woodpecker, wren: <br />Plain suet in a suet feeder <br />NOTE: Use offeeders could <br />attract some wildlf species <br />that you may not want to <br />feed, sucb as starlings, crows, <br />and squirrels Type and <br />placement offeeders and the <br />type of food can help deter <br />unwanted species. <br />Bird houses <br />Q • Choose a location that birds will find appealing <br />and secure, usually away from the bustle of human <br />activity. Make or buy a bird house specifically <br />designed for the species of bird you want to attract.The <br />size of the hole is most critical to prevent the eggs and young <br />from being destroyed by larger birds; always check a list of <br />appropriate hole sizes. <br />Susan Day, Daybreak Imagery <br />9 <br />