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Hang Oranges In Your Tree To Attract This Beautiful Bird To Your Yard
By KATE NICHOLSON
If you’re interested in feeding birds, you’re probably aware that some of them prefer sweet treats like nectar and fruit. For example, hummingbirds may gravitate to oranges.
It turns out that the teeny, feathered fliers might not like the orange itself; they're there to hunt fruit flies and other fructose-loving insects the sickly sweet fruit attracts.
Choose ripe, soft, sweet fruit for maximum juice — and insect attraction — potential. Cut up or peel the fruit to reveal as much of the edible part as possible.
Hammer a nail into a backyard tree at an upward-facing angle, then slide half an orange or a collection of orange wedges or slices onto it.