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The box would have to large and flat for the owl to see it and it wouldn’t need to be lit. A light might discourage the owls .There’s the possibility that the owl might hear it though in box and find it. Guys that trap owls to band, put mice in hardware cloth cages with nylon snares. You could do that without the snares. If you want to have some fun, Take your cage with mouse inside and go road hunting for hawks etc and drop the cage off when you see a bird and get out of the way. Snowy Owls are real suckers. They will zoom right in on it. Google Image:> “bal chatri traps” to see all the different rigs.

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Buy some mice and let them loose. Just make sure they have good milkshakes.

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The cages will prevent the owl from seeing and hearing the prey. I doubt it will happen. Your best chances will be to locate a field and sit in a hidden place and watch to see if any owls hunt there at night. You might try to locate a farmer who has barn owls on his property.

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Hummingbirds can see wavelengths into the near-ultraviolet, so yes they can see the color blue.

Hope this helped!

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The minimum territory size I can find seems to be 14 acres, so I doubt you could get more than one nesting pair in your yard. It isn’t clear to me whether or not they are nesting in a box/tree in your yard, or just hanging out. If there isn’t a box in your yard yet, you might be able to get them to move in, but you’re not going to get 2 pairs.

Here’s a fun fact I found while looking this up:

A 4-kg domestic chicken is the largest known prey item!

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Essentially, one liquid ounce consumed per day suggests nearly 6 hummingbird equivalents are feeding at the feeder per day. Extrapolate that further and you’ll note that one gallon of sugar water consumed per day suggests about 750 hummingbirds are feeding per day.

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Plant the things they like. Butterflies love zinnias and they are very easy to grow and inexpensive. Hummingbirds like trumpet shaped flowers like moonflowers, scarlet runner beans, and trumpet vines.

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Feeders and flowers are the best thing to attract them, and of course trees for perching. Hummingbirds are not cavity nesters so will not use a nesting box. They nest in trees and scrubs. They make very tiny nests that can be hard to spot.

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You need to use Sugar Water homemade mix. 1 cup sugar to 4 cups water. My feeders are not near anything red and the birds are draining them daily

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Http://www.hummingbirds.net/2008maps.html

check this map…. Find your area and see WHEN the first sighting was last year… Put your feeders out about the same time this year….

There’s more info here..

Http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=hummingbird%20maps&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw

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3) The mating call of a male frog attracts a predator, which then proceeds to eat the frog.
The predator is not a mate. Arguably, this could be considered negative sexual selection, the trade-off to finding a mate.

The alternate answer would be 2, but not specifying the traits which allow one male to have the advantage in drowning a competitor doesn’t really disqualify it.

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Maybe it’s your guardian angel Or the spirit of a passed on loved one!

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The most insect(bees butterfly’s dragonflies and humming bird)covered plants in my perennial bed are sunflowers,cone flowers,Monardia and Asters. The Monardia blooms late July into the end of August and boy are the bugs attracted to it and then once the flowering stops then the Asters start blooming and then all of the insects go to the Asters the Asters continue to bloom until frost.Its interesting to see bees on this flower until October.I live in Montana so some times we have Late seasons but normal frost time is about the 20th of September.(Monardia is a staple in any perennial bed you will not be disappointed)

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As far as the Moths, I would get some moth balls… It is believed that seeing butterflies means your life is headed in the right direction. Some believe that they are spirits of loved ones…Dragonflies,I have no idea..

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Thanks for writing my admission paper for MSU!

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For initial attraction yes because men are visual. After the first couple of dates, no, I do not think looks are the best asset for keeping his attentions. Brains and personality are more important at this stage in a relationship.

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Your horoscope: Today you will learn that stars are burning balls of gas and dust being drug through the cosmos at random by various forces. You will accept that there is no rational basis to assume that their positioning has any sway in your life. You will accept full responsibility for the direction your life takes, and will stop falling victim to charlatans and idiotic superstition.

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Men are almost always attracted to a young fresh-smelling, pert-walking girl, with a sexy figure – long shapely legs, moderate firm boobs, and goodlooking…with a cheeky flirty way with her.
Yes, we men are that shallow!
But it`s true.

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We dont know. Like most things, we just ARE attracted.
After a few dates or smth we realise a Leo woman speaks up for herself and her peers, she’s not afraid to tell it how it is…
We deeply admire, respect and NEED that, as Aries men. Cause allthough we’re all action and honesty and we’re bold, and afraid of no one, we lack the ability to speak our mind with complex detail and precision, and incisive, convincing tact like Leo does (especially women)…

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Okay. I’m seeing a lot of people really freaking out here and I think that’s unnecessary so I’m going to throw my 2 cents in.
Whether or not this is a serious issue really depends on what your sister means when she says she finds older men attractive. When I was 15, I thought men in their 40s were more attractive because I was totally turned off by pimply, baby-faced, immature teenage boys who didn’t really seem all that masculine to me (sorry boys, I know it’s cruel but it’s also true). It’s not that I wanted to date them or anything, I just found them more attractive. And that’s the important distinction to make here. There’s a pretty big difference between finding someone attractive/fantasizing about them and actually becoming involved with them.
So I would say if your sister is just finding older men attractive but has the maturity/common sense not to be trying to become involved with them, this is totally normal and not something to be terribly worried about. Freaking out over it will just blow it way out of porportion. I would ask your sister if she would date an older man at the age she is now, and also observe how she interacts with older men-if she’s actively putting herslf out there, she’s definitely at risk of being exploited.
Basically what I’m saying is that until she’s acting on the attraction in a way that will really put her at risk, it’s not something you should be terribly worried about. I think the best thing to do is take a ‘watch and wait’ approach unless she is actively putting herself in harm’s way.

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To attract butterflies you should plant flowers that attract them like Perennias and Annuals.
To attract birds you should have trees for them to build nests. Some trees with berries.
Cardinals like roses. Make your backyard a safe place for them with no cats.
Also try bird feeders with wild bird seed.

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Trees
Hornbean; Red Buckeye; River Birch; Hackberry; Redbud; Fringe Tree; Flowering Dogwood; Witch Hazel; Possum Haw; American Holly; Black Walnut; Sweet Gum; Sweetbay; Black Gum; Sourwood; Shortleaf and Loblolly Pine; Sycamore; Wild Plum; Carolina Buckthorn

Shrubs

Downy Serviceberry; Juneberry; Indigo Bush; American Beautyberry; Carolina Allspice; Buttonbush; Pogoda Dogwood; Southern Bush Honeysuckle; Wahoo; Yaupon; Winterberry; Spicebush; Christmas Berry; Huckleberry; Shining and Smooth Sumac; Sparkleberry; Black Haw; Witherod Viburnum

Wildflowers
Sweet Flag; Blue Star; Columbine; Jack-in-the-pulpit; Wild Ginger; Swamp Milkweed; Butterflyweed; Bushy, New England and Frost Aster; White False Indigo; Wild Hyacinth; American Bellflower; Turtlehead; Early and Tall Coreopsis; Shooting Star; Purple Coneflower; Rattlesnake Master; Joe- pye Weed; Narrow-leaved and Ox-eye Sunflower; Marsh Blazing Star; Gayfeather; Blazing Star; Cardinal Flower; Great Blue Lobelia; Partridge Berry; Carolina and Blue Phlox; Black-eyed Susan; Cut-leaf Coneflower; Golden Ragwort; Blue-stemmed, Sweet and Rough-leaved Goldenrod; Foam Flower; Rose Vervain; Common Blue and Birdsfoot Violet

Vines
Crossvine; Virgin’s Bower; Yellow Jessamine, Coral Honeysuckle; Virginia Creeper; Passionflower

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Scatter some bits of food on the floor around the fat ball feeders.
Some birds are ground feeders – blackbirds for example. If they come flying in for food it will attract the attention of the small birds like blue tits which come to hanging feeders.
If you want a good selection of wildlife you need a variety of foods and ideally to keep food in the garden for them all year. They will repay you by hanging around and eating all the insects like aphids and caterpillers which are intent on killing your soft plants, and once they know there is a food bar, will return time and time again.
Don’t forget water in cold weather. Many birds die because they have nothing to drink. A bird bath which you thaw every day will be very welcome for drinking and keeping their feathers in time to protect them during the cold nights.

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Invasive plant removal, native plant restoration

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Well my grandpa puts out bird food. He sprinkles a cup of it on the patio and the birds swarm like crazy. And every once and a while he will throw out a ripped up bagle or bread. They like cereal too.

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Hummingbirds are very attracted to the shades of red and other brightly colored flowers!! (or tree blossoms!)
I’ve got them in my yard every day….Here’s what they go after….
Bottlebrush tree, Fushia’s, butterfly bush, hibiscus, trumpet vine, tulip trees, bee balm, Nasturtiums,red geraniums, penstemons, lupines, petunias, coral bells honeysuckles and Columbine just to name a few! To keep them in your yard there has to be a plentiful amount of nectar availble for them. They need to eat about every 10 to 15 minutes so there constantly on the look out. They can visit perhaps 1,000 blossoms in a day,though they get there protein from small knat, spiders and other small flying insects, plus what little insects may be on the flower. Right there that’s a meal and a drink for them! LOL

Good luck….now go out and buy some plants and watch them visit your yard. I’ve got three fushias hanging right on my porch so I have the hummers right near the window to enjoy!!

SmileyCat : )

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Well done for your efforts in helping wild birds.

Firstly, are you filling the feeder with the recommended sugared water? If the solution is too weak or too strong, the birds may have tried it and prefer the natural flowers.

Although there is natural food sources close by, birds will often choose to rely on a regular supply of food put out by humans. It then becomes important to maintain the feeding.

It can take weeks or even months for the birds to become accustomed to new artificial feeders, so stick with it.

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Because the color shades they can see are green and red. And since most of their surroundings are green (trees) the red stands out to them.

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I know that they love Fuchsia, Honeysuckle, and if space allows a Trumpet Vine.

Aside from the nectar filled flowers which you will grow, a good hummingbird garden must also consist of an entire habitat for the birds. Make certain that there will always be a source of fresh clean water available for drinking as well as for bathing.
Create both sun and shade areas within your hummingbird habitat. Your hummingbirds need places in the shade to perch on as well as to build their nests on!
Willows and Eucalyptus trees provide much of the nesting materials which your hummingbirds will use, along with collected bits of leaves, spider webs, moss, and lichens to build their tiny nests. Hummingbirds must feed 3-5 times per hour to provide enough energy to keep your hummingbirds going. Once they have chosen your garden to nest in, they may become completely reliant on your garden for for their source of food. There may be periods of time when there are no blossoms available for them to collect natural nectar. For that reason it is a good idea to provide supplemental hummingbird feeders, hung about thirty feet apart throughout your garden.

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Use 4 parts water to one part sugar as the nectar, nothing else is needed. They should find it quickly. Adding flowers to your yard that attract hummers are the best addition that you can do. See a great site on hummers at:

http://www.rubythroat.org/

and there is a Yahoo newsgroup with good info at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HummingbirdHobnob/

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Dragonflies are found in numbers in areas where food is abundant, which is why you are likely seeing them in your yard. In our garden throughout the summer we have loads of dragonflies. In the garden there are lots of plants and trees, as well as lots of other insects and bugs. This means an abundance of food for the dragonflies, which prey on other insects, especially flies. You’ll find them zipping through swarms of mosquitoes, mayflies, caddisflies, and ants, hunting for their next meal. This is why you’ll often see lots of dragonflies near ponds and still bodies of water – they’re breeding grounds for many species of flies and other insects, and provide lots of food for hungry dragonflies.

Hope this has answered your question well for you. Take care!!

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It’s not a buzz ,in the last few years the honey bee population has lost about 60 percent of it’s population. They are all dying (mostly in N. America and Germany) and nobody can figure out why. I live in the orchard country of Michigan and the bee keepers that supply them with bees for pollination are quitting because their bees are all dying.

Mosquito’s have been hiding because of the drought but check out the lightning bugs tonight, there aren’t near as many as there were a few years ago. Butterflies? Same thing. The govt agencies are trying to keep it all quiet because they are at a loss for answers. Every now and then there is an article or news bit about all of this but it seems not enough people care. Could it be the start of something big? We’ll have to wait and see.

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“What’s the name of the lantern light that shocks insects such as flies or dragonflies that shocks and kills it when it touches it?”

http://home.howstuffworks.com/bug-zapper.htm

“Why do flies always flying around or landing on lights? Are they attracted to it?”

Ya think???

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Your turtles are eating your dragonflies. And you can’t stop them. Use mosquito dunks in the pond to deter mosquitoes. Check to be sure they are safe for turtles. They are safe for fish, I know.

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Communicating with animals will save about 30% or more of all extinctions. Preserving animal life is eminent.

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A.
The anode is positively charged to attract the electrons coming from the cathode. The electrons, being negatively charged, will not be attracted to the grid.

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You can build owl houses, but you have to have owls fly by and see them.
Also, not all owls eat snakes. Many only eat mice and voles.
We have barn owls, and that seems to be their diet.
They do, however, eat quite a lot of them, as evidenced by the piles of skulls and bones.

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A couple of differnet designs out there.

Http://kaweahoaks.com/html/barn_owl_house.html

http://magazine.audubon.org/backyard/backyard0201.html

http://www.bsc-eoc.org/regional/barnowlbox.html

http://www.owlpages.com/links.php?cat=Owls-Nest+Boxes

As far as attracting them, you should know what type of owl you are trying to attract.

Screech Owls for example, are attracted by a large snake population. But placing the owl house is also important. The natural cavities that screech owls choose are typically 12 to 20 feet above the ground and in deep shade. As the female incubates the eggs, the male is apt to spend the day roosting in dense foliage within about 20 feet of the nest. After you’ve placed an inch or so of dried leaves in the bottom of the nest, hang it at least 10 feet up on the trunk of a large tree. Try to place it away from sidewalks or doors, since the owls vigorously defend their nests against perceived threats. In fact, when the young are near fledging, some unusually spunky adults may swoop down at people or pets who wander too close, even raking them with their claws. So while placing the box in as secluded a spot as possible is good for the owls, it might be better for you and your family as well.

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Egret, Herring Gull, Loon, Pheasant, Heron, Ibis. I like big birds. No, not Big Bird (Sesame Street – he’s not good to photograph) I mean, large birds. And when you get one of those lenses that’s like a telescope, you’ll be able to photograph, like, these large birds that stand around in the marshes, like the Heron, and the Egret. Of course, all the Gulls are more wonderful while they are flying.

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Depends on how big the owl you’re attracting. Things like barn owls would probably be able to carry your cat away.

Also a 2-3 year old cat is not considered a kitten.

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There are several out there.
My absolute favorite was done by a 12 year old kid who wanted spending money for his trip with his grandpa.
He found a bottle of “expectorant” (cough up the money),
He placed it on Green piece of construction paper that had a 4 leaf clover on it.
He put it on his dresser, and wrote the following
(please send me this amount of money, for I need to be, a special time for my grandpa and me). Cute huh? Oh and he lit a white candle for effect, and to bring in the energy.
Well, in the next 3 days, the kid amassed over 100 dollars.
I think that’s the most basic spell that I could possibly type out , but theres a million others on the web that can help you.

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Looks/personality and money!!!
3 important things !!!

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Bless the coins and empower them to attract money, and carry them with you. You may need to renew their empowerment periodically. If you have quite a lot of them, then they may already be working

A little off-topic, if you believe in divination at all, a found coin supposedly gives an omen on how the rest of your day will go. If you have no interest in this subject, then completely disregard the following:

Deciphering Omens from a Found Coin
When you find a coin, the coin itself may have a message for you regarding th rest of your day. Add together the numbers in the coin’s date until you reach a single digit. For instance: 1980–1+9+8+0=18
1+8=9

1. This is a good day for getting things started.

2. You will need to take other people’s feelings into account.

3. A good day for your creative life.

4. A good day for your home life.

5. A day for making changes.

6. A pleasant social interlude.

7. New ideas.

8. Organization

9. Having lots of options.

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They probably don’t, cuz nobody thinks they can win so nobody checks to see if they won. So the winner probably never has any idea.

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It’s called working.

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They usually inhabit places that have lots of insects..so can be found by waterways as water bring bugs. You cannot really attract them, but you can provide a bat box in case they are already there so that they will stick around. You can leave your porch light on at night to attract bugs so if there are bats around…it will give them an opportunity to forage on your porch as the bugs will congregate there making it easier for them to feed.

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The bats are likely insect eaters, and would not be attracted to the birds. They are mostly likely wandering in looking for bugs, or are living in another part of the building and have found a way into your room. Smaller species can get in through cracks barely big enough to insert a pencil, so check again to see if there are any cracks they may be coming in from. Check around the building as well, to see if there are places they may be living. If you can tolerate them living near you, they will help keep mosquito numbers down, and help reduce crop pest insects.

I noticed on your last question someone mentioned vampire bats, but these are only located in central and south America.

Here is an excellent site on what to do if you have bats: (this is mostly for North American bats, but you may be able to use some of the suggestions.)

http://batcon.org/index.php/bats-a-people.html

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Bat boxes are sweet, if i’m thinking the same thuing you are.. My boyfriend lives out by the river nd we see bats all over, we were thinking about esembling a bat haus.. It a tall, dark, warm place bats would go in the daytime. The inside is lined w/ mesh so the bats can hang out, the outside is made of wood nd sets on a tall pole.

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Put up a bat house.

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I don’t think so. I know it would scare me away though!! Get some good spider killer.. A spray.. Kill that sucker and hose off ur bat house to make sure it won’t make the bats sick…
Ewwwwww i hate spiders.