Top 10 Flowers That Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds

Who doesn’t love seeing those beautiful butterflies and hummingbirds flying and zipping around in our backyard garden?  They are such a lovely sight to see and if at all possible it is something that we want to enjoy as long as possible.  It actually is pretty easy to keep butterflies and hummingbirds around longer if […]

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Do Birds Eat Butterflies?

Do birds eat butterflies?  I know it can be hard to digest (no pun intended) but there are some birds that will eat butterflies.  It is not something that people like to hear or see for that matter but it does happen. Birds need to eat too as it is all part of the food […]

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Hummingbird Moth Facts

The first time that I saw a Hummingbird Moth I was living in Paducah (2008/09) which is in Western Kentucky.  It was my first summer there (I only lived there for sixteen months) and I was standing on my back deck that had Glossy Abelia bushes right in front of it.    I heard a […]