First Time In Almost Ten Years While this may be an everyday occurrence for many of you, I have not had a red breasted nuthatch since I started feeding birds almost 10 years ago! I've had an occasional white breasted nuthatch and they are supposed to be numerous as close as Knoxville but this is my first ever red breasted nuthatch. They are shown in my Stokes Guide as being … [Read more...] about I’ve Got Red Breasted Nuthatches!
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Brome Squirrel Buster Review
Background A few months ago, I was contacted by Brome Bird Care about reviewing one of their feeders for my blog. Because I have many squirrels in my backyard I chose the Squirrel Buster Peanut Plus feeder. Shortly after that, I received the feeder free of charge to put through its paces. I'm telling you this in the interest of disclosure. However, it should be noted that … [Read more...] about Brome Squirrel Buster Review
Time To Get Your Backyard Ready For Winter
Winter Brings New Challenges For Wildlife It can be very difficult for birds, squirrels and other wildlife to obtain food during the winter. Especially in less rural areas. This requires that you make some changes. The very minimum you should do are: Clean your feeders if you haven't regularly Consider adding new feeders to reduce congestion Replace any leaky or broken … [Read more...] about Time To Get Your Backyard Ready For Winter
Goodbye Little House Finch
I have a pretty active backyard. A lot of birds come and go every day. I've gotten to know most of them by name. One of these, sadly, that I have not gotten to know very well are the house finches I have. Mainly, because there's just too many of them most of the time. Yesterday, I got a chance to get to know at least one of them a little better if only for a short time. I … [Read more...] about Goodbye Little House Finch
My Bunnies Are Back
My Warm Weather Companions After posting about my bunnies disappearing during the winter and spring, somewhere around the middle of June I spotted my first visitor. It was the tiniest little bunny I think I've seen for a while. I've always been amazed at how they seem to not be around when I would think they would welcome help feeding. When you consider how much more danger … [Read more...] about My Bunnies Are Back
Why I Love My Squirrels
Living With Squirrels in the Real World Mention squirrels to most backyard birders and you'll get a glazed over stare somewhere between amusement and terror. When I started feeding birds in my backyard I too was concerned. After all, the property backs up to woods so I knew there was a potentially large supply of the little critters not too far away. Over the years we … [Read more...] about Why I Love My Squirrels
Tips To Save Money On Your Backyard Bird Feeding
You Need Help Early Most people tell me when they go to their local bird feeding store they are given fairly limited information about what they should be feeding birds in their back yards. Only the really good ones spend any time with you to see if they can figure out what you've already got and what you are most likely to attract. This is what happened to me my first year. A … [Read more...] about Tips To Save Money On Your Backyard Bird Feeding
Top Five Ways To Shoot Great Nature Videos
Down and Dirty List To Shoot Better Nature Videos OK, so you're an avid birder. I get that. You enjoy just spending time staring at your backyard. You get a thrill watching all the characters back there interact with each other. How many times have you found yourself saying"Man, I wish I had that on video". Well, I'm here to tell you you've run out of excuses. The technology … [Read more...] about Top Five Ways To Shoot Great Nature Videos