Connect with Nature!
Connect with Nature!
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...
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...
You love your beautiful backyard, and you work hard to keep it that way. The bad news is that soil- and leaf-dwelling pests love it, too! If you see brown patches in your lawn, or notice sickly plants, you may need to re-establish your beneficial insect populations, and then limit your use of insecticides to preserve them. Read more...
If your lawn has unsightly brown patches, or if there are half circles in your rhododendron leaves, lawn pests may be feeding on roots. Don’t douse your yard with chemicals! Use beneficial nematodes, Mother Nature’s secret weapon! Read more...
Does your watching birds, squirrels, and mason bees brighten your days and serve as an oasis from the pressures of modern life? With a shaky economy and high fuel prices, and the fact that Portland summers are perfect, many of us spend a lot of time in our backyards these days. Our family enjoys hosting friends in our back yard, finding pleasure in sharing our backyard wildlife retreat. We set up a scope to let our friends watch the nesting Red-tailed Hawks, and make sure all our hummingbird and seed feeders are filled and ready for action. Read more...
Many people who feed birds are familiar with the heart wrenching feathery thud of a bird striking a window. 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...
Look these birds up in your field guide, and watch for them in your backyard this 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...
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...
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