Good Morning !
Our forecast is calling for pretty good spring weather for Nova Scotia for the next few days.
That will help the Hummingbirds make their journey to visit us again this year.
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Many hummingbirds spend the winter in Central America or Mexico, and migrate north to their breeding grounds in the southern U.S. and western states as early as February, and to areas further north later in the spring ” Nova Scotia “. The first arrivals in spring are usually males. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Once they arrive, they will be hungry, so what do we feed them ?
The hummingbird’s diet consists of nectar from flowers. (red is the favorite color), small insects such as aphids and spiders, and sometimes even pollen and sap.
Butterfly bushes (Buddleia davidii) usually bloom from mid-July through frost, producing long 4-5 inch flower spikes which look and smell like miniature lilacs.
Buddleias produce a honey-scented fragrance that lures butterflies to its blooms, and then once there, they find the flowers super-rich in nectar.
Hummingbirds feed in many small meals, consuming small invertebrates and up to twelve times their own body weight in nectar each day.
Many plant species rely on hummingbirds for pollination and provide nectar and tiny insects in exchange. Hummingbirds staunchly and aggressively defend a feeding area, or feeder, even when not feeding. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
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Do you feed the Hummingbirds ? or Will you be feeding them this year ?
