Bird Watching in Nebraska

Enjoy World-Class Bird Watching • Largest spring migration of Sandhill Cranes in the world, more than 500,000, with annual visits by the only wild population of the highly endangered Whooping Cranes numbering less than 200 individual birds. • More than 10 million waterfowl migrate through Nebraska annually with many species nesting within the state. This…

Customer Comments About Wild Bird Habitat Store

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January Ramblings from Wild Bird Habitat Store

Wild Bird Habitat Store’s January News Notes January Ramblings Birds in the month of January January News Notes Caring for backyard birds in winter Get ready now for the 13th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count. Details inside. Share watching birds at the feeders with your kids, family, friends and guests. Continue to watch your feeders…

Enjoying Blue Jays

More people are discovering the fun of attracting Blue Jays to their backyards. And one of the Jays favorite foods? Peanuts in a shell. Yes…Jays are boisterous and loud, but they are comical and entertaining as well. They provide a great service to the other birds acting as an early warning device by sounding the alarm when…

Backyard Bird Feeding 101

Backyard Bird Feeding 101 ! By: Dave Titterington The Wild Bird Habitat Store   October! A time of change! Winter will soon be settling in across the Central Great Plains and the signs are everywhere. Shorter daylight hours are changing the leaves from summer greens to autumn’s gold, red, and orange. The sweet aroma of…

Controlling House Sparrows

English (House) Sparrows Controlling house sparrows at the bird feeder   The English sparrow, commonly referred to as the house sparrow, is a species introduced into the United States in the mid 1800s. Brought over to this continent from England, this non-native bird is not actually a sparrow but a Weaver Finch, a sub-species of…