I keep my white BOP in front of a south window and water it when the soil pretty much dries out.It gets some diluted fertilizer with every watering except fall and winter. They don't readily flower indoors, but one can always hope!I like it just for it's big gorgeous leaves anyway! If you move it outdoors for even more direct light, do it very gradual, or the leaves will burn. I don't have an orange one, but I believe the same care pretty much applies. Billy Rae

Hi Brenda , the mystery bird could be about 8-9 inches but in a slim way not a chunky way. It really gave my bluebirds a working over too! LOL...It seems to have taken a liking to a particular part of my chainlink fence that happens to be close to the nestbox so this upsets the bluebirds. It wouldn't give in to the blues either it kept its ground. Which usually the blues run other birds away from their box but this pretty bird wont go. The way it twitters i thought maybe a swallow but it just doesnt look right and it does look like a king bird shape. You may be right about it being a kingbird because i looked at some pics of kingbirds to see if it could be and i really think you are right. But it says the kingbird we should have has a white belly and this one has a yellow belly. It also puffs its head feathers up when it gets upset so it looks like it has a fuzzy hat on. Its really cute and holds itself very straight and perches on the fence to see insects in the grass. Do you think it could be a western kingbird that got lost? I saw it flying with the group of sparrows that are here migrating so maybe it flew here with them. I didn't see it here all summer, just this past week when all the little different sparrows started showing up. What if it got with the wrong group of migrants? I think they go to south America dont they? Maybe mine can go to Florida and keep warm. I haven't seen it today but there has been a big gray hawk hanging around all day so i haven't seen many birds at all today. I dont blame them, its a big gray hawk that i thought was an owl at first but then i seen it was a hawk. So i guess that was my bird sighting today! LOL.... Thanks Brenda Bonnie

Okay, they're back and in better light. Mystery solved, I'm being visited by a lovely pair of Lazuli Buntings, oh my gosh!! This is a first in my yard since I've lived here. Thanks all for trying to help me. I got a very clear look at these birds today, and saw that the blue extended across the back, and the head was even bluer than I had realized. I thought at first it might be a Western Bluebird, but it wasn't big enough. Such a pretty little bird and so glad to see it at my feeders!!

I had to look this one up, at first I thought it was an ovenbird, but it looks just like a Northern Waterthrush. Not sure where you live, but from my bird book that is the closest I can come to iding this little cutie. Glad it is ok. When a bird hits my window, I put them in a large brown paper bad from the grocery store, fold it over so they cant get out. I put the bag in a dark quiet part of my house so they can recover away from the hot sun, cats and hawk danger. When I hear them fluttering in the bag...I let them go. Great pic!! Karen