Conifers provide cover, winter shelter and summer nesting sites. Some also provide sap, buds and seeds. Grasses and legumes provide cover for ground-nesting birds if the area is not mowed during the nesting season. Some also provide seeds. Nectar-producing plants attract hummingbirds and orioles. Hummingbirds especially like tubular red flowers, such as fuchsia, bee […]
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