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This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

November 9, 2018
Fairfield, Iowa

It's been years since I've seen this species in my backyard. 

But good morning! How I split my face chuckling to see this shrimp of a bird zipping around in the redbud tree. With the speed stripe through his eye, and his tangerine-sherbet belly. I watched him pull this morsel out from under the bark of the tree. Probably an insect larva.

Red-breasted Nuthatch is the easiest of all birds win over. And then they'll land on an open palm for treats. Please stay for the winter! I promise a goodly supply of walnut chunks.

If you feel inspired to share with our readers about nuthatches that you have hand tamed, please email me.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Diane Porter, Birdwatching Dot Com

Chickadee on hand

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Native Wildflower Seeds

Wild Bergamot

Bring birds to your back yard with beautiful, easy-care native plants.

Flowers like Wild Bergamot help birds feed their young. Butterflies' and moths' caterpillars nibble the leaves. Then birds catch the caterpillars to feed their young.

These seeds descend from flowers growing in native prairie remnants in North America's Midwest.

We now grow them in our gardens at Birdwatching Dot Com. Our goal is for more gardeners and birders to grow native plants that help birds survive.

Our seeds are inexpensive and fresh, harvested from this year's blooms. Shipped from Iowa, in a sturdy box to protect the seeds.

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