The Red and The Hummingbird
Hummingbirds love red flowers.
Compared to birds. Humans are colorblind.
Hummingbirds birds have the same 3 color photoreceptors as we do. They also have a 4th.
Hummingbirds can see ultraviolet light!
Hummingbirds love red and pink flowers. A garden full of those colors will bring them to your blooms.
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A Goldfinch For Every Season
Goldfinches love flowers.
Goldfinches love a good sunflower seed. Strictly vegetarian! BUT, they do eat and digest animal matter, if ingested. So they are omnivore!
For every season in Ohio we share with these birds.
Plant the above and the following to fill those goldfinch bellies:
Goldenrod
Cosmos
Rudbeckia
Cup Plant
Coneflowers
Asters
Joe Pye Weed
Marigold
Salvia
Bee Balm
Thistle
Coreopsis
Petunia
Elderberry
Stonecrop
Four O'clock
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A Bird’s Danger Color
Birds dislike white flowers.
To be honest. I have too many birds in my garden.
They are awesome pollinators, but they really like to feast on my flowers.
I've used blank CD's on sticks and many other tricks.
Birds are not a fan of white flowers. They're not going to scare birds away from your garden. Maybe, keep a few away.
Birds will show their white feathers or patches to signal danger. White feather’s are a bird’s way to defend themselves.
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