If you spend your mornings listening for the first song of the day, or you’ve ever driven 40 minutes out of your way because someone reported a rare visitor at a local marsh, you already know one thing: birds depend on healthy habitats. And healthy habitats don’t magically maintain themselves. Conservation takes time, expertise, and—perhaps … Read more
There are a number of specialty suet feeders on the market which make feeding your birds suet very convenient, especially if you purchase it. There are rectangular cages to drop in suet cakes and wooden tubes to insert suet plugs into. Some are quite decorative and others are very plain. This is not a necessary … Read more
When I think back to my childhood, I can almost feel the sun-warmed pavement beneath my bare feet and hear the hum of cicadas that filled our long, easy summer days. In those years, I felt as if I owned our neighborhood—not in any official sense, of course, but in the way that only children … Read more
If you’re looking for new ideas for feeding the visitors to your yard, these homemade peanut butter pine cone bird feeders make a very tasty treat!
Watching birds is one of the most popular pastimes all around the world, and one endeavor that can really improve your ornithological experience is bringing your avian friends to visit you in your own backyard. In order to accomplish this, however, you’ll have to offer an incentive in the form of food. 4 Bird Feeding … Read more