My Bluebird History In my twenty years of feeding and caring for my back yard visitors, I've had a lukewarm relationship with bluebirds. It was years after I put up my first houses that I even had any of them look at them. Then, it became a yearly dance where sometime in late February/early March, a male would show a female one of the boxes she would ultimately reject. It … [Read more...] about My Early Bird Bluebirds
BirdOculars Site News
A Welcome Reader Submitted Birding Resource
Birding Resource From Jake and Jessica Last month, I was contacted by Jessica B. who was nice enough to tell me two things. One, her son, Jake, had just joined his school's Bird Watching Club and had found my site helpful. Secondly, that he found another great birding resource he wanted to share with me. Anybody who's been following me for any time at all knows I love … [Read more...] about A Welcome Reader Submitted Birding Resource
Connecting During The Holidays and Beyond
Connecting With Family This past weekend, my wife and I went to visit her family a few hours from here. It was really good to get out of the house and usher in the holiday season with this trip. The occasion was the annual Christmas party that they have. It was good to see people I normally do not throughout the year. Normally, everybody's got something going on and it's hard … [Read more...] about Connecting During The Holidays and Beyond
Passing The 100 Post Milestone
Never Dreamed I'd Make It When I wrote my first blog post in July of 2008, I was all about setting up an ecommerce site that would be close to my heart. I love spending time just watching birds and I've learned a whole lot about what works and what doesn't in the backyard. My neighbors think I'm insane because I'm the guy staring down nuisance birds in my backyard until they … [Read more...] about Passing The 100 Post Milestone
Vanguard Endeavor Binoculars Giveaway
I just received an email from the folks at Vanguard USA, the makers of the Vanguard Endeavor binoculars I reviewed earlier on my blog. They are running a contest where they will be giving away the exact same binoculars I reviewed here. The contest will run until the end of November so don't wait to click here and get entered. The Vanguard Endeavor ED binoculars are a fine … [Read more...] about Vanguard Endeavor Binoculars Giveaway
Help! I Have A Chicken In My Backyard
Am I Seeing Things? About four days ago, when things turned bitter cold here in Nashville, I was surveying my backyard to see how my feeder levels were doing. Then, I saw it. At the top of my back fence was a hen staring longingly at the corn cob I had put up for my squirrel friends. At first I thought it must be some kind of grouse or fowl but I soon realized this was not … [Read more...] about Help! I Have A Chicken In My Backyard
BirdOculars.com Site To Be Rebuilt
It Was Never About The Money Over two years ago, I set out to build a blog where I could share and swap birding stories and information with people who had similar interests. I added a binoculars section to help pay the bills and to present products I thought my readers would be interested in. Unfortunately, I didn't know what I was doing and the site started to take on a … [Read more...] about BirdOculars.com Site To Be Rebuilt