Oh, and just like people, birds sometimes blink at the most inopportune time. The colorful blooms will be gone soon, and so will many of the migrating birds. Hopefully, I'll have a few mementos ...

such as the birds’ bellies, chests, heads and necks. Some species had long, glowing plumes, gleaming bills, or sported glimmering spots inside their mouths. “Oftentimes the fluorescent areas ...

since birds eat insects, that would be affected by these pesticides" Clarke said. Layering plants by height also helps create bird-friendly levels between taller and shorter blooms, which make it ...