I didn't know that hummingbirds eat so many insects! I thought their primary food source was nectar. I also didn't realize that they spend so much time perching. Now I have looked for them perching in the trees outside my window.
Ruby throated hummingbirds are frequent visitors to my blueberry bushes which are right outside my dining room window. I love to watch them while I eat.
I have ordered some seed for a pollinator garden from Ernst Conservation Seed. I plan to convert a mown lawn space into a pollinator garden, starting with a space that's about 8' x 4' and expanding over several years. I would also like to put up a deer fence to protect some of the wild raspberry bushes to save them for the birds.
Yes. I was very surprised to see what I believe was a barred owl sitting on a branch outside my living room window along the Schoharie Creek in upstate New York.