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…
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…
Safflower & NutraSaff Safflower Seed A great alternative to squirrel proof bird feeders and squirrel baffles that will eliminate not only squirrels from your bird feeders but Grackles as well is to use Safflower seed. Safflower seed (Carthamus tinctorius) is an annual oil seed crop grown in the United States and Canada . It has…
NutraSaff Safflower Seed For Backyard Bird Feeding An amazing new bird feed, NutraSaff Safflower, has recently been released for sale to the public. and is now available at the Wild Bird Habitat Store. Our customers who have switched from traditional Safflower seed to the NutraSaff safflower seed have reported that the birds have readily taken to feeding…
How To Discourage Squirrels And Black Birds At The Bird Feeder when all else fails…use Safflower seed I have been in the bird feeding industry for 16 years, operating a wild bird specialty store. Two of the most common complaints I hear from customers who enjoy feeding birds are is that squirrels are raiding the…
Attracting orioles to your backyard is relatively easy provided you follow a few tips that have proven to be successful. Orioles begin arriving across the middle-United States about April 25th. Timing is very important when trying to attract them to various feeders. Migrating at night they are normally cold, tired and hungry upon their arrival….
1. Backyard birds have different feeding requirements. Different styles of feeders will attract different and a larger variety of birds to your backyard. These are the basic bird feeders for an all around good backyard bird feeding program: Click on each feeder for more information Seed Tube Bird Feeder: Excellent bird feeder for black oil…