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Songbirds at Hummingbird Feeders: A Sweet Tooth for Nectar

Many Georgia songbirds—woodpeckers, flickers, chickadees, wrens, catbirds, goldfinches, orchard orioles, house finches—visit hummingbird feeders. They lack long bills but manage to sip. House finches are especially competitive.

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