Pacific Northwest Gardening: attracting birds to our backyards, 1 by birdscrazy

birdscrazy wrote:
Hi there !!

I said I will do this post...well sure..I was hoping to do the pictures of the plants, but , what i have is so smal, some stuff I just planted, so I think, that I will just "do" the list of names, and for pics of the "stuff" google images, will do the justice...

Hummingbird plants :

*corydalis scouleri *hairyhoneysuckle
*red flowering currant *hardy fuschia
*bleeding heart * all and any penstemon`s
*columbine

Well, that should get any hummer busy...LOL ..ofcurse dish with sugarwater is a must..all seasons...hihi!!

For all other birds, like: northern flickers, stelers jay, scrub jay, american robin, varied thrush, western kingbird, bullock`s oriole, western tanager, black headed grosbeak and all the finches we are lucky to have here all the berry`s I was just dreaming of, back in Arizona...LOL, like :

*thimbleberry *pyracantha
*salmon berry *blackberries
*serviceberry *strawberry ground covers
*western spiraea *red huckleberry
*cascade oregon grape (or tall oregon grape)
*kinnikinnick
Ofcurse, one can just imagine, that nobody can live on "fruit diet" only...hihi!! , so besides any mixed seed, we would need:
*peanuts (jayes, woodpeckers, crows and squirrels)
*peanut butter mix (any flying , mobolized bird will go for it)
*suet (anybody..LOL.. woodpeckers,bushtits,nuthatches and chickadees gonna be your daily ..well ...all day visitors)
*cracked sunflower seed
*cracked corn
And, because I m birds crazy...I feed monkey chow to crows and dog or cat food to also crows and ...yes starlings..I love them to !!!
I also display bird houses for any takers...LOL so far i have 2 pairs of starlings, many pairs of sparrows (this, one should investigate..yet..LOL)..and pair of woodpeckers banging on one of the bird houses..LOL.Happy birding!!!!! Pic of the bleeding heart.