We've been overwintering a female Rubythroat since mid December.
We live in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
We're zone seven.
Our temps have consistantly dropped to the twenties (or less) overnight with day temps around freezing.
I change out her feeder everyday so she'll have thawed nectar.
But now my concern is the availability of "Real Food".
I don't know of any flowers blooming right now that she'd be interested in.
And there's not many bugs around this time of year.
Does anyone know if I could buy some flowers from a flower store she may like?
What should we buy? Will it work?
Thanks,
-jeff
We live in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
We're zone seven.
Our temps have consistantly dropped to the twenties (or less) overnight with day temps around freezing.
I change out her feeder everyday so she'll have thawed nectar.
But now my concern is the availability of "Real Food".
I don't know of any flowers blooming right now that she'd be interested in.
And there's not many bugs around this time of year.
Does anyone know if I could buy some flowers from a flower store she may like?
What should we buy? Will it work?
Thanks,
-jeff
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