Do It Yourself

Providing for birds in your backyard is easy. With a well-rounded landscape plan, you will be creating natural communities that mesh with your local ecosystem. To accomplish this, you need to offer the four basic things birds need: food, water, shelter, and a place to nest. Learn how to to provide for birds in your […]

Moving water in your backyard created by a mister or dripper is a fantastic way to attract birds. During spring and fall migration, when species not normally found in your area are passing through, an attractive birdbath can make them stop to bathe or drink. Make sure your bath is clean and in a spot

Keep your birdbath clean. It’s a simple adage, oft repeated, but there are reasons to be scrupulous that go beyond hygiene and aesthetics. Of course, the birds’ health comes first. If we’re going to provide water, we owe it to them to give the bath a good scrubbing when droppings and algae foul the water.

THUNK! It happens every day, sometimes three or four times a day during fall migration. I freeze, sifting the information coming into my ears and brain. Which window was it? How big a bird was it? How hard did it hit? Will it die? Depending on the quality of the sound, I can decipher all