Connect with Nature!
Connect with Nature!
Contribute to Audubon Society of Portland, or Vancouver Audubon Society, in May at any Backyard Bird Shop, and we'll match your donation!* Read more...
We're proud to have helped fund the production of this new birding resource, the Willamette Valley Birding Trail map, and to be a sponsor of several "stations" along the "Portland Loop". Read more...
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Does your watching birds, squirrels, and mason bees brighten your days and serve as an oasis from the pressures of modern life? With a shaky economy and high fuel prices, and the fact that Portland summers are perfect, many of us spend a lot of time in our backyards these days. Our family enjoys hosting friends in our back yard, finding pleasure in sharing our backyard wildlife retreat. We set up a scope to let our friends watch the nesting Red-tailed Hawks, and make sure all our hummingbird and seed feeders are filled and ready for action. Read more...
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Many people who feed birds are familiar with the heart wrenching feathery thud of a bird striking a window. Read more...
Backyard Bird Shop is sponsoring a Neighborhood Trees planting event in the neighborhoods near our N.E. Fremont location. You're invited to volunteer to be a Friend of Trees by helping out at the March 13th planting in the Alameda and Irvington neighborhoods. Read more...
Predators can wreak havoc, so take precautions against raccoons, cats, opossums and even larger birds and squirrels by using a Bird Guardian on your birhouse. It's an elongated access tunnel that fits over the entrance hole of a bird house. This anti-predator device can protect nestlings from the reach of predators, and also serves to discourage squirrels from enlarging the opening on the nest box and claiming it for themselves. Read more...
Learn to be a Trail Steward, and volunteer to greet and share information about Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge with users of the Gibbons Creek Wildlife Art Trail or visitors to community events like the Skamania County Fair. Training takes place March 6th. Meet at Jemtegaard Middle School Library in Washougal, and later travel to the refuge to walk Gibbons Creek Trail. Read more...
The Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge volunteer training program starts March 16th with a kick-off orientation. You get pizza and a behind-the-scenes tour! Registration is required -- phone Josie Finley at 360-887-4106 or email her at . New and returning volunteers are encouraged to attend. Read more...
Look these birds up in your field guide, and watch for them in your backyard this spring! Read more...
Do you want to learn more about Western Bluebirds while monitoring nestboxes on a bluebird trail? Attend a Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project morning workshop on Saturday, February 20, 2010, from 9:00 am to noon, to hear the how, when, and where of Western Bluebird monitoring. Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project is seeking volunteer monitors for the upcoming season. Read more...
It is estimated that half of migratory birds that head south for the winter do not live to return to breed in the spring. Read more...
It is estimated that half of migratory birds that head south for the winter do not live to return to breed in the spring. Read more...
Want to increase the success rate of your mason bee blocks? A nesting tray system enables you to clean mites from bee cocoons to increase the colony health. Read more...
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