Here are a few stunning Hummingbird-friendly decoration ideas to instantly attract tiny birds to your garden this spring

If you are looking forward to making your yard a place of solace for hummingbirds this spring, then you might want to explore some great additions to your garden in order to attract these tiny birds. In fact, modifying garden spaces to make them more appealing to hummingbirds has become sort of a trend in itself. Hummingbirds are only found in the Americas. There are more than 300 species of hummingbirds, with about 12 of them usually found in the US, along with neighbouring Canada.

Katie Tamony, the chief marketing officer of plant company Monrovia, recently highlighted a growing interest for hummingbirds among Americans. "They create so much movement and life in the garden, and I think people want that more and more," she was quoted as saying by Yahoo Shopping.

Hummingbird-friendly ideas to try

Colourful flowers: You might wanna consider planting bright, tubular flowers since their nectar is something that hummingbirds usually feed on. Though the small birds are typically drawn to red colour, pink and orange flowers, too, will accomplish the goal, according to Yahoo Shopping.


The outlet also suggests using a mix of annual and perennial blooms, with the priority being on plants with different blossom times. This approach will ensure that nectar is available throughout the season. You may choose from plants such as trumpet honeysuckle, sage, bee balm, columbine, pentas, and lantana.

Hummingbird feeders: Though hummingbirds are generally very small in size, they have a relatively huge appetite. These birds are known for consuming nectar every 10 to 15 minutes. And that is undoubtedly for a good reason as hummingbirds need all the energy they can get as they are known to flap their wings at a rate of over 3,000 times per minute during their flight.

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Some species also undertake long flights without any breaks. This provides you with an opportunity to entice them using a feeder. A hummingbird feeder can be filled with sugar water. As per Audubon, you can make this by adding 1/4 cup of sugar to a cup of water and boiling the mixture for 1-2 minutes.

Hummingbird species in North America

Below is a list of some of the most commonly found hummingbird species across the US and Canada, as per All About Birds.

• - Ruby-throated hummingbirds
• - Black-chinned hummingbirds
• - Anna’s hummingbirds
• - Rufous hummingbirds
• - Calliope hummingbirds
• - Broad-tailed hummingbirds
• - Allen’s hummingbirds
• - Costa’s hummingbirds
• - Buff-bellied hummingbirds

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FAQs

1 . How many species of hummingbirds are there in total?
There are more than 360 species of hummingbirds that are found throughout the Americas, the only region in the world where the tiny birds exist naturally.

2 How many hummingbird species are found in North America?
About 12 hummingbird species are usually found across Canada and the US.