Dear Mr. Titterington, The UPS labels arrived yesterday. Thank you very much! I am so grateful to you for your courtesy that I can’t wait for another opportunity to order some more bird equipment from you! Sincerely, Louise – Palo Alto California Dear Wild Bird Habitat Store: Thank you very much! I received the parts…
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…
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 ! 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…
This is the major month for the ducks and geese to move off their northern breeding grounds as they head for open waters to the south. If you are fortunate enough to see thousands of geese taking off in unison from a lake or wetland, you will not soon forget the thrill. In the Midwest…
The Wild Bird Habitat Store Has Landed In Omaha The Wild Bird Habitat Store opened on October 1,1993, in a little house on Orchard Street in Lincoln, Nebraska. One year later we expanded to south Lincoln opening our main location in the Alamo Plaza at 56th & Hwy 2. Between 1995 and 1998 this Lincoln…
Bats! A Valuable Resource One recent morning I was listening to a morning radio show in Omaha where the topic centered on bats. It seems the Health Department and Humane Society in Omaha had received more than its usual calls about bats entering peoples houses. In a two week period they had received 65 calls,…
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…
It’s Always Bird Feeding Time! Four seasons and the reasons People have traditionally fed wild birds primarily during the winter due to the fact that was the only season certain retail outlets made bird feeding products available. So we have grown to assume that winter is the only season that birds benefit from our enjoyment of…
Bird Vision Birds enjoy sharper vision than humans. Birds can see certain light frequencies–including ultraviolet–that humans cannot see. In fact, many songbirds have feathers that reflect ultraviolet light. This light is used to communicate species, gender, and perhaps even social standing. Birds can see this ultraviolet light under normal, daylight conditions. Humans require the assistance…