It seems as if we were just celebrating the arrival of our summer Neo-Tropical migrant birds, and already we’re telling them good-bye till next spring… The avian calendar is swift. We began receiving reports of hummingbirds at feeders in early August. This will continue to be the case through most all of September, so there…
August Newsletter
Burn Camp for Kids Request for Donors, Presenters & Mentors Approximately 13 years ago a vision to start a camp for children with burn injuries became a reality. This annual summer Burn Camp was made possible with the help of St Elizabeth Regional Medical Center’s Foundation and several staff members from the Burn Unit at…
Dave’s July Bird Chatter After the cool spring weather relented and it finally warmed up our migrating birds finally made it to their nesting grounds. Wrens seem to be successfully nesting. Purple Martins are fledging their young, and Bluebirds appear to be having a good season with many folks enjoying them for the first time…
Is the Common Grackle (blackbirds) taking over your bird feeders? Are squirrels keeping your Cardinals and other favorites away? Wild Bird Habitat Store’s best choices for summer bird feeding A hanging or post mounted Platform Bird Feeder with Nutra Saff safflower seed. Attracts most all your favorite birds but deters blackbirds & squirrels A Caged Seed…
Wild Bird Habitat Store’s April Newsletter 2014
1. Is it too late to install a Purple Martin house? Not at all! Early arriving Martins are those adults having prior nesting experience in established colonies. Sub-adults arrive throughout the month of April and the first week of May and are responsible for starting colonies in newly erected Purple Martin houses. We have had folks…
The Red-winged Blackbird may just be the most numerous native bird in North America. Their population has increased significantly in the later part of the 20th Century from several hundred million some 40 years ago. They have become a common sight atop swaying cattails along wet roadside ditches, or perched on overhead lines. When growing…
March is the beginning of one of the most spectacular and exciting times when it comes to watching birds. It starts this month with Robins, blackbirds, Meadowlarks, and bluebirds. Water fowl from geese to ducks are on the move, and the Sandhill Cranes will be returning to the Platte River in Central Nebraska. Most all…
The American White Pelican is one of the largest birds of North America measuring a little over 5 feet in length with a wingspan that can exceed 9 feet, the second largest wingspan of any North American bird. They may be heavy reaching weights of 16 to 20 pounds, but in flight they are fluid…