Spring and summer can be exciting months for backyard bird feeding for several reasons. Many adults will bring their young to the feeders. We can enjoy the birds from our decks and patios instead of from behind closed, frost covered windows. But this time of year backyard bird feeders can become over-run with blackbirds, the…
Watching the birds at our bird feeders is certainly a source of relaxation and enjoyment since warmer weather allows us to sit on our decks and patios. The cool breezes through open windows at night also ushers in the sounds of birds singing at the crack of dawn replacing the alarm that reminds us it…
After the cool spring weather relented and it finally warmed up, our migratory 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 after installing nest boxes….
Bird Viewing Areas along City Trails By Roger Hirsch, GPTN Board Member While pedestrians along Lincoln’s trail system are often alerted by a cyclist to “look out!” Lincoln’s trail-users may soon find themselves urged to occasionally stop and “look up!” Thanks in part to a Watchable Wildlife Grant from the Nebraska Game and Parks Division’s…
Helping injured, orphaned and abandoned wildlife in the state of Nebraska since 1979. Working under state and federal permits, Wildlife Rescue Team, Inc. is a non-profit, independent, all volunteer-based organization dedicated to raising and rehabilitating Nebraska’s orphaned and injured wildlife for the eventual release back into their natural habitat. Wildlife Rescue Team, Inc. operates with…
It seems as if we were just celebrating the arrival of our summer Neo-Tropical migratory birds, and already we’re telling them goodbye till next spring. The avian calendar is swift. We began receiving reports of hummingbirds at feeders in early August. The number of reports of folks having hummingbirds should increase through most all of…
Locating Birds Made Easy Do you enjoy venturing out to find birds but you are not sure where to go or where the birds you are interested in viewing are at? Do you want to add birds to your life list of birds and are hoping to locate specific bird species? Well now you can…
Did you just purchase a bag of Nyjer thistle seed but you’re not attracting any finch to your thistle feeder? Caution must be taken to assure the thistle seed you purchase is fresh or the finch you are trying to attract will reject it. Nyjer thistle seed is imported from Ethiopia and India. When it…
One of the most attractive birds you may see in your backyard is the nomadic Cedar Waxwing. In fall Cedar Waxwings gather in small to large feeding flocks to feed on berries, filling the air with their high, thin, whistles. These flocks generally appear abruptly feeding on berries and smallfruits hanging around until the supply…
Once again as, in millenniums past, ducks will begin slowly drifting south for the winter. Then as the cold Arctic fronts begin to blow from the north the geese will be moving south as well. While some may think this is the “bird migration”, it is actually nearly complete. Song birds began their migration back…