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Louise Beckinsale
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5 Reasons Your Hummingbird Feeder is Leaking

Wondering how and why your hummingbird feeders leak? Here are 5 possibilities - and solutions! 

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Louise Beckinsale
Enjoy Your Backyard Birds With A Hopper Feeder

Enjoy Your Backyard Birds With A Hopper Feeder

Much the same as a platform feeder, a hopper or house feeder is among your best bets for quickly attracting the largest amount and variety of birds to your backyard. Hopper feeders for the most part, resemble a small house filled with bird seed (non-GMO of course). This variety of feeders can also come in […]  

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Louise Beckinsale
Attract A Wide Variety Of Birds With a Platform Bird Feeder

Attract A Wide Variety Of Birds With a Platform Bird Feeder

With hundreds of different bird feeders on the market these days, when first getting into birding, it can be difficult to decide which is best for you and your backyard. Each variety of feeder, typically comes with a wide variety of feeding options, and you can usually find one that fits the type of feed […]  

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A Quick Hummingbird Glossary

Feeding hummingbirds in your yard can be a truly magical experience, as these unique birds are not always seen by most in everyday life. Know typically for their one of a kind “humming” sounds made by their quickly beating wings, these birds also come with quite the glossary of technical terms and descriptions to describe […]  

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