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Passing The 100 Post Milestone

By Jeff Leave a Comment

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 fly off. I’m also the one that stands by the feeders with my arms outstretched getting birds to hand feed from me. I must admit, until you have success with this you can look pretty ridiculous just standing there like a tree trying not to move.

Then, something happened…

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I realized that money is ok but my real purpose for this site is to help regular people enjoy the birds in their backyards as much as I do mine. I also wanted to make sure they could benefit from my acquired knowledge so they could get to enjoy them faster and cheaper than I have. After all, my very first experience with birdfeeding was putting up a platform feeder with sunflower seed and watching it be taken over by grackles. Little by little, I’ve learned tricks that have allowed me to have almost no nuisance birds in my backyard at all. I’ve fed in a manner that has excluded or discouraged most of the birds I see as pests.

I Hope I’ve Been Helpful

My sincerest hope is that you’ve been able to learn something from me that made your backyard birding that much more enjoyable. I plan many more tips and tricks type articles as well as stories of my experiences to help you along the way. Stay tuned in the months and years to come when we add new features, contests and even a forum. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.

Here Are My Favorites

I wanted to make sure if you are new to the blog that you have a chance to check out some of my favorite posts. I hope these inspire, move and educate you while making you laugh. Life is just too short to always be serious. Let me know what you think of these in a comment below.

Spending Some Time With A Cooper’s Hawk

Take Down Your Feeders At First Sign Of House Finch Eye Disease

A Friend In Need

Best Way To Keep Your Tube Feeders Dry

How to Choose the Best Birding Binoculars

BirdJam Bird Identifier Software Review

Bluebirds Have Eggs In A Nestbox

My First Real Success Hand Feeding Birds

Rest In Peace Little One

Fall Feeding Tips – Clean Feeders And Baths

Help! I Have A Chicken In My Backyard

A Landmark Bluebird Achievement

Our First Window Strike Fatality

Making A Pact With Your Squirrels

Staring Out At Your Backyard

A Little About Myself

Look through these and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. I’ve come a long way. That I can see from my earliest writing.

Peace,

Jeff

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