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7 Ways to Make Homemade Bird Feeders

Looking to attract birds to the yard this season?  Here are seven simple ways to make homemade bird feeders. Orange Feeder 1) Orange Feeder Use an orange, lemon or lime citrus skin for a bird feeder....

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Bird Feeders: Correct Placement For Cardinals

Male Northern Cardinal at a Bird Feeder To encourage Northern cardinals, sometimes named red birds, to feed and remain around your home, setting up a small sized fly through feeder near any good source...

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Attracting Mourning Doves to Bird Feeders: Which Feeder is Best?

Mourning Doves Attracting mourning doves, sometimes called just doves or rock pigeons, etc…, is an easy activity. Doves are year round residents throughout most of the US and summer in southern Canada...

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Attracting Cardinals to Bird Feeders: Which Feeder is Best?

Rustic, Open Bird Feeder Attracting Northern Cardinals, typically referred to as just cardinals or red birds, to a bird feeder is fairly simple. Considering they reside in the eastern half of the US,...

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I Love to Listen to the Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus Polyglottos) When my sister was young and still going to school, a mockingbird decided that the chimney on my parents’ house was just the high platform needed for...

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Plan Now for Birds Later

Sparrows on a Sakura Branch | shutterstock We have had a long January this year. It’s been snowy and seemingly colder than usual. But now that February is here and Punxsutawney Phil did not see his...

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Easy to Make Bird Feeders

Right now is the perfect time of year to do indoor projects geared for the outside. It helps us know that spring is right around the corner and also gives us a sense of making the world a little bit...

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They Never Forget a Face

Illustration by Anastasia Saltykova There was an old belief that when crows saw a human’s face, the face would imprint on the brain of the crow, and then the crow would remember that face for the rest...

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Welcome Home Purple Martins!

Purple Martins (male and female) Purple Martins are members of the swallow family. They are almost 8 inches long and have a wingspan of just over 15 inches across. Of course the species of birds got...

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Getting Your Yard Ready For the Fall Bird Watching Season

Tit birds sitting on a branch among bright autumn foliage during a snowfall | Natalia Bachkova Bird watching is a highly educational and fun activity, something that each family should enjoy every...

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Wild Bird Profile: The Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Jayne Gulbrand Characteristics: Rose-breasted grosbeaks are large finches with very large bills and easily identified by their plumage. Males are black and white with a bright...

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Spring Cleaning Is For The Birds

Is your backyard ready to greet the spring birds? Our tips will help you attract bluebirds, hummingbirds, orioles, purple martins, wrens and other songbirds that may call your backyard home. Feeder in...

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Bird Feeding: Attracting the American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch on Sunflower | Jayne Gulbrand Also known as the American Canary, the American Goldfinch is just about the brightest flash of color you can get at your feeder and they often sing a...

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Attracting Mourning Doves to Bird Feeders: Which Feeder is Best?

Resting mourning dove | Marc Hazewinkel Attracting Mourning Doves, sometimes called just Doves or Rock Pigeons, etc…, is an easy activity. Doves are year round residents throughout most of the US and...

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Attracting Beautiful Finches to Your Yard the Easy Way

Songbird male Finch feeds its hungry Chicks in a nest in a spring blooming garden | Bachkova Natalia Finches have long been favorites at backyard wild bird feeders. Identified by their cone shaped...

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Attracting Colorful Orioles to Your Yard

Baltimore Oriole taken in Minnesota | Agnieszka Bacal Orioles are fast becoming one of the favorite backyard birds in the United States.  These colorful birds with their brilliant yellow, orange and...

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