Above, here’s what my trumpet vine looks like during the summer. Hummingbirds pollinate these flowers with their long tongues, and soon the seed pods start forming.
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- During the fall, the seed pods start drying out. When they reach the stage where the pod cracks open, I harvest quite a few of them.
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- I drain my bird bath because expanding ice could crack it, and then I place the seeds and some of the half pods into it. I know house finches and sparrows like the seeds, but I’m wondering if the white winged doves like them.
