Goodwood Brown Bag Lunch Series: Attracting Bluebirds and Hummingbirds to Your Garden
From the Goodwood Museum website:
Goodwood Museum and Gardens
Jubilee Cottage
Friday, February 4, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Free, No reservations required
By Fred Dietrich
Bluebirds were almost extinct in Tallahassee in the 1940ís when Fred Dietrichís family moved here for a teaching position at the newly co-ed Florida State University. But with recent conservation efforts by wildlife enthusiasts such as Dietrich, the species now thrives. Our speaker will talk about the past and future of this beautiful songbird and how to provide food and shelter in your yard, including how to construct a bluebird box, a simple design which he had perfected over 25 years of building birdhouses.
Dietrich will also talk about hummingbirds. It was once thought that there was only one species of hummingbird east of the Mississippi, the ruby-throated, but we now know that there are 14 different kinds. Dietrich will talk about whatís being done to support these animals and how we can create sanctuary for them in our gardens.
