Connect with Nature!
Connect with Nature!
Backyard Bird Shop is pleased to sponsor three airings of "On the Wing", a program telling the story of Portland's favorite flock of birds, the Chapman Swifts, on Oregon Public Broadcasting (Channel 10). Read more...
Here in the northwest we have Anna's Hummingbirds that stay here year round. How do these little tiny birds survive in the cold weather? Here is some interesting info about them. Read more...
Low fat diets may be good for people, but not for birds! Birds metabolize fat more efficiently than seed, so it helps birds maintain their high body temperatures. In the wild, birds scavenge animal fat from carcasses. 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 tips that may make it easier! Read more...
Sometimes, you’re glad to be in a mall food court or near a “restaurant row,” where enough choices are close by to please everybody. Have you thought of creating a Food Court for Birds in your back yard? Like people, birds have preferences about what, where, and how they like to eat. Here’s how you can build a Food Court for the birds in your neighborhood. Read more...
In November, it's time to ....... Read more...
Few things fascinate children as much as animals, so enthusiasm for backyard bird feeding can be shared by the entire family! As winter approaches, the care and feeding of backyard wildlife becomes my family’s counterpart to summer gardening activities. Read more...
In autumn you can provide natural sources of food by checking your impulse to clean up spent blossoms and stems, and instead let your annuals and perennials go to seed. Read more...
Do you count your birds too? If so, you might like to join me in Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch which starts in November. Participation is easy, and it's a great family project! Read more...
Scientists from the Ornithological Society of New Zealand have tracked a Bar-tailed Godwit on her continuous 7,257 mile flight across the Pacific Ocean. Read more...
I often get asked “When do the goldfinches migrate?” The answer is: “They don’t.” Read more...
Halloween fun centers around frightening ourselves with creepy stuff like skeletons, ghosts and goblins, witches, monsters and ..... bats? Read more...
Halloween fun centers around frightening ourselves with creepy stuff like skeletons, ghosts and goblins, witches, monsters and ..... bats? Read more...
University of Washington biologist Dr. John M. Marzluff has shown through several research studies that American Crows can recognize and remember individual human faces. Maybe that ability is one of the reasons that crows, ravens and jays all seem to be able to adapt to the human environment so well! Read more...
My backyard birds really love Mr. Bird’s nut and seed logs. I have offered both varieties, alternating between PecanFeast and WildBird Feast and getting lots of action on both! I’ve seen nuthatches, chickadees, Downy Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, Song Sparrows, House Finches, and even a Black-headed Grosbeak feasting on them. Read more...
