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Woodpeckers are well known for their specialized feeding behaviors. With chisel-like bills, these birds excavate wood or peel bark in search of insects. Their long tongues are barbed at the tip to aid in removing insects from tunnels and crevices. Read more...
In the dead of winter, there sure aren't many flowers or insects, so Anna's Hummers become regular feeder visitors in my yard. It is unfortunate that as the weather turns very cold, and nectar freezes, that's the time that our hummers need it the most! Read more...
A favorite backyard bird is a small (4-1/2") bird with a distinctive shape -- compact and tapered at both ends! Read more...
You may hear this bird before you see it! If you hear scratching and rustling noises coming from leaf litter or a birdfeeding area, you may be hearing a Spotted Towhee. Try to get a peek, because it's a beautiful backyard bird! Read more...
Halloween fun centers around frightening ourselves with creepy stuff like skeletons, ghosts and goblins, witches, monsters and ..... bats? Read more...
It's an "old wives tale" that keeping your feeder filled year 'round may somehow stop birds from migrating! Read more...
Michele Dupraw has worked for the Backyard Bird Shop for 8 years and has been feeding birds since childhood. She photographs and writes about her backyard at http://www.mdupraw.blogspot.com. Read more...
The Chestnut-backed species is a conifer lover and, true to its name, has a distinctive chestnut-colored back. Its primary range is the Pacific Northwest. Read more...
I often get asked “When do the goldfinches migrate?” The answer is: “They don’t.” Read more...
Whether you are looking out over a river, a wetland, a residential lawn, or a parking lot, it is not hard to see swallows on any summer day. These graceful fliers spend much of their time on the wing, speeding through the air as they catch flying insects. They even drink and bathe while flying. Read more...
Nuthatches are the only birds in our area who are equally adept at going either direction on a tree trunk, upward or downward. Ornithologists believe that nuthatches find insect food by going down a tree trunk that would be missed by birds going up the tree trunk, so the nutty behavior is really an evolutionary advantage. Read more...
Meet Scott Lukens, Founder of Backyard Bird Shop Read more...
Often the first visitor to a new wild bird feeder (provided it's filled with the #1 favorite seed -- black oil sunflower seed), will be the endearing chickadee! Read more...
Here's how some of our customers, and staff members, keep their hummingbird feeders from freezing in winter ... Read more...
Genece is the artist responsible for the great majority of pen and ink illustrations that you see on our website, in our newspaper advertisements, and in our "snail mail" newsletter. Her illustrations are not only great-looking and accurate, they're full of life and and fun! We highly recommend Genece for her artistry and professionalism! Read more...
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