Seeing a hummingbird is always a highlight for me, and it doesn’t happen nearly enough. While at a public gardens conference in Denver a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a hummingbird nest on a light ...

Ripe bananas sitting on a wooden board - New Africa/Shutterstock Hummingbirds are a welcome little guest of honor to any yard or garden, but sometimes, the sweet stuff that comes in the feeder just ...

It's common practice for backyard birders to place hummingbird feeders like the Feed Garden Glass Hummingbird Feeder around their yard to attract hummingbirds. While much thought is given to the best ...

Hummingbirds are back in Pennsylvania after their annual southern vacation, so you should be seeing these small birds flitting around the yard by now. Gardeners like hummingbirds not only for their ...

If attracting birds to your landscape is an important part of your gardening activities, this is an exciting time in most neighborhoods. Leaves are starting to fall from some deciduous species of ...

Every spring I make a list of the plants that hummingbirds visited the most the year before, and then my search at garden centers and nurseries begins in earnest. The plants I look for are the ones ...

My summer commitment to the hummingbirds involves two things: salvias for food and water for refreshing. I include both in the summer garden and am rewarded with the beauty and antics of the tiny ...

There’s an abundance of information available about how to attract hummingbirds to your yard and feeders, but information about how to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders tends to be scarce. The ...

Winter offers some of the best opportunities to observe birds. During the colder months, many species are actively searching for food and sheltered places to roost. With the trees bare of leaves, they ...

The feathered friends around your home can be picky eaters, so be sure to provide them with their favorite meals. By John Alexander Published Jun 20, 2025 9:00 AM EDT We may earn revenue from the ...