How to Avoid Suet Robbers Suet is a year round product many of us enjoy feeding to attract woodpeckers, nuthatches, and other birds of the tree trunk zone. Once considered a wintertime feed, it has been proven these birds will feed on more suet during the spring and summer than all winter long. Woodpeckers…
Support the Pioneers Park Nature Center! Without citizen input the Nature Center could close Dave Titterington / Wild Bird Habitat Stores “All that’s good is wild and free” – Henry David Thoreau For nearly 50 years the Pioneers Park Nature Center has been a part of the Lincoln landscape. Although it has gone through various…
Raptor Recovery of Nebraska is celebrating their 35th year of providing critical care services and support for injured and orphaned birds of prey. Founded in 1976, Nebraska’s Raptor Recovery program is an organization of hardworking volunteers who for 35 years have dedicated themselves to rescuing and rehabilitating injured, sick, and orphaned raptors. Species include falcons,…
April is another exciting month for bird migration, and maybe, one of the most productive. Purple Martins will be arriving along with Brown Thrashers, Catbirds, and the beloved Orioles. Others will begin their passage through Nebraska and the Central Great Plains. Early warblers, Kinglets, and a vast number of shorebirds will be on the move….
May is a whirlwind month for songbird migration. Warblers, thrushes, and all the neo-tropical birds will be coming in or passing through to their nesting grounds in the north. The best part is all these birds will be in their brightest or breeding plumage. If you are a warbler buff, you know what I mean….
The Strong Winds of Spring A good sign for bird watchers by Dave Titterington Wild Bird Habitat Stores Strong winds the last few days of April were more than noticeable to everyone. But when those winds began to blow from the south I knew that any day we’d begin seeing our neo-tropical visitors along with…
April is the beginning of the spring migration of songbirds and shorebirds. It can be a very exciting time watching your backyard for new visitors, or taking a bird walk to see all the colorful songbirds now in their breeding plumage. A visit to area wetlands and mudflats will surely produce some exciting bird observations…
Many folks have developed a less than appreciative view of Blue Jays. Often thought of as “backyard bullies” and “nest robbers” these extremely intelligent members of the Corvidae family which includes Crows, Ravens and Magpies, has been unjustly stereotyped. Other more desirable birds such as the House Wren can cause as much damage spearing eggs…
Purple Martins The longest managed bird species in North America Dave Titterington, Wild Bird Habitat Stores One of the most sought after birds that homeowners wish to attract to their yards is a colony of Purple Martins. The largest of the swallow family martins have adapted well to living in close proximity to…
Bluebirds and American Robins, both members of the Thrush family, along with blackbirds are some of the first birds to return in good numbers, many arriving in late February continuing into March. This will signal the beginning of spring migration which will lead to the most exciting period of bird watching. The annual spring migration….