Bushtits . . . Small in Size, Big on Benefits on Monday, May 24, 2010

What’s almost as small as a hummingbird, has just as much personality, and can swarm on suet so it looks like you’ve got a locust infestation? Read more...

Bunches of Birds for Your Bucks! on Monday, May 24, 2010

Sunflower Chips, black oil sunflower seed without the hulls, is a great food to offer if you'd like to attract oodles of birds to your feeder while being lazy about sweeping hulls. Read more...

N.E. Portland Shop Carries Chicken Feed on Monday, May 17, 2010

One of our customers suggested that we get the word out to our North Portland friends that you don't have to travel far to buy your chicken feed -- you can find it at Backyard Bird Shop! Read more...

Orange-rumped Bumble Bees Like Birdhouses. . . A Good Thing! on Wednesday, May 05, 2010

These unaggressive, beneficial bumblebees are native northwesterners. Their range is from British Columbia to California and as far east as Idaho. Orange-rumped bumblebees will sometimes nest in a birdhouse. Consider yourself lucky, and contributing positively to the environment, if you play host to them this year! Read more...

Rain Chains Will Make You Look Forward to Rainy Days! on Saturday, May 01, 2010

Originating hundreds of years ago in Japan, rain chains act as linked funnels that guide rainwater from the roof to a rain barrel or the ground. Read more...

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