With over 16 different species regularly seen in North America, their iridescent colors shouldn't be missed by the serious birder. Hummingbirds can be fed a hummingbird food . Plants such as trumpet vines, hanging fuscia, hibiscus, and other red tubular flowers will do much to entice hummers to stop at your feeders during their hectic days. The idea of planting certain flowers to bring in hummingbirds can also be applied to attracting other birds. The ideal back yard habitat or garden should provide food, water, and shelter.
Bird feeding is ideally a year round experience.
Most people feed during the harsh winter months because of the difficulty birds have finding adequate food, but other times of the year also yield rewards. For example, spring and summer bring different birds than you will see during the winter because many of our most beautiful birds migrate to Central and South America during the winter. Further, seeing the fledging babies of spring raised birds at the feeder for the first time is simply a magical experience. Some people have argued that we can endanger birds by feeding year round. There is no scientific evidence, however, that shows that feeding birds discourages migration or increases the range of birds.