{"id":12062,"date":"2024-03-28T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/?p=12062"},"modified":"2024-05-09T19:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:17:47","slug":"12062-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/12062-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbirds on their way!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hummingbirds!!! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They’re on their way. Sightings have been made in southern VA.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
They’re so close now! Monitor the progress of\u00a0Ruby-throated Hummingbirds<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0Hummingbird Central’s\u00a0<\/strong>2024 Hummingbird Migration Map<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Hummingbirds
Are your feeders ready for these MIRACULOUS tiny travelers? They’re arriving road-weary and hungry. Greet them with clean feeders and fresh nectar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have your Hummingbird feeders ready with fresh nectar when they get here!\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The\u00a0Hummzinger Highview\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Hummingbird nectar feeder is one of \u00a0favorites! See more nectar feeders we recommend\u00a0here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Greet these amazing birds after their exhausting journey, with\u00a0Hummingbird feeders<\/a>\u00a0filled<\/strong>\u00a0and waiting. Need help? Stop by the store for feeders and advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t miss out on the fun!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Check out The Backyard Naturalist’s\u00a0Checklist for Hummingbird Hosts<\/a>\u00a0for feeding tips and a recipe to\u00a0Make Your Own Hummingbird Nectar<\/strong>\u00a0(It’s easy!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Get tips for feeding hummingbirds and a recipe for hummingbird nectar on our Hummingbirds page<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Backyard Naturalist is fully stocked with all the\u00a0feeders, poles, nectars and accessories<\/a>\u00a0you could possibly need!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make your backyard more enticing!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Along with nectar feeders, add other incentives for Hummingbirds:
Provide nesting material<\/strong>, like\u00a0Hummingbird Nesting Helper<\/a>\u00a0to help a Mama Hummingbird line her nest more easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though many of us won’t have\u00a0regular<\/em>\u00a0visitors until flowers bloom in May, these\u00a0first migrants coming through really need to bulk up<\/strong>\u00a0after their long migration. Not many flowers yet, so we need to help! <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Plant flowers that Hummingbirds love!<\/strong>\u00a0We have non-GMO\u00a0seeds for flowers that attract Hummingbirds<\/a>, Bees, Butterflies and Songbirds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Share your sightings!Please report the date and location of first sightings on our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>. Who will see them FIRST??!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Hummingbird Season!<\/strong>
Debi, Mike & The Backyard Naturalist Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hummingbirds!!! They’re on their way. Sightings have been made in southern VA. They’re so close now! Monitor the progress of\u00a0Ruby-throated Hummingbirds\u00a0on\u00a0Hummingbird Central’s\u00a02024 Hummingbird Migration Map. Have your Hummingbird feeders ready with fresh nectar when they get here!\u00a0 Greet these amazing birds after their exhausting journey, with\u00a0Hummingbird feeders\u00a0filled\u00a0and waiting. Need help? Stop by the store for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":10018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,26],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-12062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feeding-wild-birds","category-hummingbirds","tag-hummingbird-feeders-and-nectar"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12070,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062\/revisions\/12070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebackyardnaturalist.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}