Gotta Love the Red-bellies!
Red-bellied Woodpeckers are strikingly beautiful, and clearly stand out in their crowd. Gotta love the Red-bellies!
Bird houses
More birds and bees, please!
Everyone with outside space, he says, “can become a nature reserve manager. You can do really simple things to affect biodiversity where you live.”
EARTH DAY 2020 – the 50th Anniversary!
April 22, 2020, the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! It is a time to reflect on our beautiful Blue Earth, on the environment we live in. Have we succeeded in the past 50 years in making our air clean, our water pure and our climate stable?
Let’s Help the Kestrels!
The American Kestrel is the smallest of the falcon group in the U.S. and is certainly the most beautiful. These dramatic birds are common to most birders, but otherwise, not commonly known to the many. This is easily the case for lots of small and colorful birds that simply look like an ordinary mourning dove or blackbird on the wire against a bright sky.
Bring Bluebirds to Your Backyard Feeder
Do we have bluebirds around here? I thought I saw one the other day. And, how would we get them to come to our yard and feeders? I’m asked this all the time. Although it takes some patience, yes, we can welcome the handsome and well-cherished bluebird to our backyard.
The Cat and Bird Problem
Birds don’t have it easy. There are storms, fires, and changes in the climate that effect migration patterns. There are the everyday hazards as well as those encountered while in seasonal migration. Lots of migrating birds fall from the sky from exhaustion. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other reports, show birds’ annual fatality numbers caused by…
Decorative Backyard Bird Feeders
…..beautiful decorative backyard bird feeders …. are simple to manage and are successful for your birds.
BIRDING: Backyard Design
…. always a crowd stopper was whiskey barrels neatly arranged or stacked and filled with water that gently cascaded down and recirculated with an electric or solar recirculating pump. With pots and plants and surrounding shrubbery, these fountains make a natural and pleasant environment for your backyard.
Birding Evolution and Economics
It wasn’t that long ago that birds were pretty much taken for granted and bird watchers were few. Egrets were hunted for their plumage and ducks were shot by the gross. Backyard woodland birds were target practice for BB guns and rifles.