Connect with Nature!
Connect with Nature!
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...
Spring is almost here. February is a busy time for me, as I prepare for an important time of the year for both the birds and the bees! Read more...
Many people have seen them, without realizing their significance: small, black insects feeding on flowering shrubs. These stingless bees can help pollinate your plants, something needed more and more as European Honeybee populations decline in the Pacific Northwest. Read more...
While out in the garden today, I noticed my birdhouse hanging in the Dogwood tree and decided today was a good day to get the ladder out and take it down for cleaning. Black-capped Chickadees have used the nest box two years in a row and I wanted to have it clean and ready for another season of nesting. February is a good month to get your houses clean, repaired and ready for spring. Read more...
When it's freezing outside, it's tough for birds to find water to drink. Consider adding a birdbath de-icer to keep the water just above freezing -- you may see a lot of interesting birds taking advantage of your water supply. Read more...
If you have an aluminum pie plate, Backyard Bird Shop has everything else to create a no-freeze feeding station for Anna's Hummingbirds. Read more...
It’s unusual for us to get the winter freezes and snow here in the Portland/Vancouver area, but when we do, the resident Anna’s Hummingbirds count on our feeders more than ever. I have three hummingbird feeders that I keep going all winter long. When we have freezing weather, they are more popular than ever. When the weather drops into the 20’s, keeping the nectar from freezing is a big challenge. Here are some ideas, with illustrations, that may make it easier! Read more...
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