Anna’s Hummingbird
Once limited primarily to California, Anna's Hummingbirds have expanded their range in recent decades and can now be found in Portland year-round. Read more...
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Connect with Nature!
Once limited primarily to California, Anna's Hummingbirds have expanded their range in recent decades and can now be found in Portland year-round. Read more...
The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) was the first time that European-Americans went bird watching in the American west. The expedition discovered several species new to science, and the explorers’ journals provide us with a glimpse of Oregon’s bird life in the early 19th Century. (Lewis and Clark were the first to describe California Condors along the Columbia River.) Read more...
There's so much to like about NPR! Click on the link below to enjoy Julie Zickefoose's article about birds watching us as we watch them! She includes a nice recipe for suet dough. We found that Yellow Rumped and Townsend's warblers really like it! Read more...
Watch Anne Jaeger interview Scott about how to thwart the squirrels at your feeders without driving yourself squirrelly. 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...
Watch Anne Jaeger of The Oregonian's Homes & Gardens magazine interview Scott about how to thwart the squirrels at your feeders without driving yourself squirrelly. Read more...
David Lukas is a well known naturalist and writer who got his start right here in Portland. We knew him in the beginning, working with David in our shops and learning from him as he so expertly led bird walks for Backyard Bird Shop. Read more...
By day, a mild-mannered part-time bookkeeper for a group of optometrists. Nights and weekends, a naturalist and teacher dedicated to enlightening people about the birds and other wildlife of the Portland area. Read more...
Escape the winter doldrums with a Westside birding adventure to Koll Creekside Marsh! Read more...
Winter bird watching along the Columbia river can be surprisingly good if one heads for any of the dams upstream from Portland. Bonneville, The Dalles, John Day, and McNary dams are all easily accessible within a day’s drive. Read more...
When the days of cold rain begin to seem like they have gone on for months, I find myself peering out at the bedraggled balls of fluff at my feeders and wondering how birds survive these winters. The occasional droopy-looking sparrow or siskin reminds me that winters are not easy times for birds. Read more...
Did you know that the Portland area is the year-round residence of one species of hummingbird? Anna’s Hummingbirds, the largest of coastal Pacific Northwest hummers, are nonmigratory. How do these tiny little birds, so dependent on nectar and insects for food, manage survive this far north? They, like other hummingbirds, have the ability to go into a torpid state to conserve energy. 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...
Read this to familiarize yourself with some of the popular areas visited on Backyard Bird Shop bird walks. Bird species at each site will vary seasonally. Following are general guidelines for know what to expect: WINTER means waterfowl, raptors, and winter sparrows and most places we visit include a body of water with surrounding trees and brush that attract those birds. SPRING means warbler migration, lots of breeding birds doing courtship stuff like singing and displaying, so we try to go to sites with water and good trees that would attract warblers and other songbirds. SUMMER means more songbirds, flycatchers, orioles and such. Birding slows down after breeding, days are hotter, and both people and birds are feeling it. FALL means more migration of songbirds, shorebirds and waterfowl. Back to the water and trees to see what’s moving through. For more extensive information about sites please refer to the book Wild in the City by Mike Houck and M.J. Cody. For detailed maps please refer to the Thomas Guide. Read more...
Downy Woodpeckers are family favorites! Everyone from my toddler to my parents loves to watch the “Downies” who feed regularly at a suet feeder hanging from a wrought iron crane outside our family room window. Read more...
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