events may 2015 alpine ca 91901

2015 Sage & Songbirds Garden Tour BONUS SITE – “Hummingbird Haven!”

Hordes of Hummers Thrive in this Hummingbird Haven This Alpine woman is committed to caring for hundreds of wild hummingbirds a day, EVERY day of the year.  And if she’s a little late with breakfast, Denise Myers hears about it! “I get chewed out by a bunch of hummingbirds!” Denise says. It all began 12 years ago with her son Rawley’s, seventh grade science project–and it forever changed her life. The experiment was simple enough: “Do hummingbirds prefer red?” Red parts of hummingbird feeders were covered with tape of different colors–yellow, orange, pink and purple.  One was left in its…