Feeding Our Feathered Friends in Winter

One of winter’s favorite pleasures is to be inside a warm house and look out at the wild birds flocking to the feeder. I love to refill the feeders in the morning after a storm, pouring out my gifts to the birds. They know what to expect and start flirting into the bare trees around the feeders as soon as I open the door. Feeding birds at home is like running any successful restaurant: You need a good location, a...

Feed the Birds

There is so much entertainment value in watching the birds flocking to your bird feeders that the easy effort of cleaning and filling the feeders is offset by the pleasure you will experience in watching the antics of these avian acrobats. Finches, for example, come in a wide variety, are gregarious, and tend to feed in flocks. For maximum visual enjoyment, place out multiple feeders in sunny spota, preferably sheltered from...

Make Your Yard a Haven for Our Feathered Friends

A beautiful yard can have many uses besides providing beauty to a home. It can also provide a safe haven for birds to eat and have shelter, and provide one with hours of bird-watching entertainment. Birds are naturally drawn to trees and shrubs because these plants provide a place to hide from their enemies, a place to nest and roost, a place to get a meal, and a place to rest. The key is having a mix of large trees and...

Bird Baths

Summer is so eagerly looked forward to because of the riches of visual delights it brings. Not the least of these is the myriad of birds that are drawn to the birdhouses that we’ve erected, and the safe havens our eaves provide for nest-building. Watching the mating process, the nest building, and eventually the first day of flight are treasures of Nature in which we are allowed to partake. Just as we need to hydrate...