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Sea Urchin84

Strange creatures call from the sea

There's definitely something about the sea that calls us to it and for me it's not just the sandy beaches that are inviting because the rocky shores and the weird and wonderful marine life you can discover in...

12 comments    tenerife marine life hermit crab
johnr54 profile image80

Hummingbird Food Recipe - Making Hummingbird Food is Easy

Everyone loves watching hummingbirds in their back yard. And it's great if you can plant the types of plants like honeysuckle or trumpet creepers that will attract hummingbirds naturally. And it's even...

0 comments    birding bird feeders hummingbird
A male Costa's Hummingbird.79

Hummingbirds - The Birds That Kiss Flowers.

The Brazilians call this vibrant bird beija-flor - the bird that kisses flowers. Other bird lovers fittingly call these tiny delights "lovely fragments of the rainbow," or "living jewels." What species...

13 comments    flowers birds species
Flower Fairy78

Want to make a gnome garden?

Flower FairyJust a little humor there... my peonieHubPages Tour: Check out hubs, then creat your own to creat revenue HubPages is your online space to share your advice, reviews, useful tips, opinions and...

13 comments    gardening garden plants
Nelle Hoxie profile image80

Perky Pet Bird Feeders Attract Lots of Birds to Your Yard

Buy Perky Pet Bird Feeders online at great discount prices and see hummingbirds, finches, and cardinals in no time.

2 comments    bird feeders bird feeder
Birds and Blooms Magazine75

THE BIRD HOUSE

I used to think that birds were noisy and messy. I don't feel that way anymore.When I started planting flower beds I noticed different birds coming around. I started watching them. The more I watched the more...

5 comments    food books pets
A blue jay scans the yard from a dead branch in a oak tree. Yellow leaves of maple provide color.74

One year in the backyard

This hub was getting so large it was beginning to slow down. So I've continued the narrative in a hub, One Year in the Backyard, Part II. Check out the latest there. A blue jay scans the yard from a dead...

7 comments    water photography nature
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Shi Poetry and Hummingbirds

The earliest Chinese poetry is found in the Shijing or Book of Poetry, and contains poems written as early as 1027 B.C.E. These poems fall into four categories: airs standardized from the folk songs of the...

10 comments    love life relationships
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Red-breasted Sapsucker

My late father was a real birdwatcher. Not a twitcher; no checklists to tick off or rare species hunting expeditions for him, not even binoculars or a birdbook. He simply knew his bird species in the urban...

3 comments    hybrid bird watching gibsons
Moths of the British Isles Series 1 (book cover)73

Moths, moth books and treacling for the insects

Since I was a little boy and discovered my first caterpillars, and found out how some types turn into moths that were like butterflies but different, I have been fascinated by the insects. It saddens me to...

4 comments    food species insects
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