Bird House Feeder

Link to my video on how to make your own Hummingbird Sugar Water ~ Nectar. youtu.be The Hummingbirds have migrated back to Massachusetts. I put my feeders out today. (4/25/2011) I make my own Hummingbird sugar water.(Nectar) It’s a very simple recipe. Also I put out oranges and grape jelly for the Orioles, Catbirds and Red-Bellied Woodpeckers. Homemade Hummingbird Nectar ~ Sugar Water! Enough for 2 Hummingbird feeders: 2 cups water Bring to a boil~ Take about 3 minutes in the microwave After the water comes to a boil add: ½ c Sugar Use a wire whisk and stir until dissolved I make mine in the morning Let it cool off Then fill the “Clean Feeders” To Clean the Feeders: I use Distilled White Vinegar Fill the Feeders with some Vinegar and Hot Water Use a bottle brush to clean the feeder Rinse well Do not add red food coloring to the water. Artist: Zero-Project Song: Winter Princess www.jamendo.com All the music on jamendo is available under Creative Commons licenses.

A flying squirrel, helping itself to dinner from my 4th floor office window bird feeder. It comes right back a few minutes after it dashes off. It’s a regular visitor – I go through a lot of bird seed here!

Caught a glimpse of nature today right outside the office window…bird on left acts all tough for the first min and a half not sure what is wrong with his beak(freak beak) – at 1:33, the cardinal enters the scene(musial) – a bit later the musial tries to feed freak beak…weird scene!

Bird feeders come in many shapes and designs. They can be anything from the usual wire tube bird feeders to fancy bird houses, but they all serve the same purpose – to provide wild birds with a constant food supply in your garden. It’s a harsh fact that many species of birds are struggling for survival in this present climate. Cold weather can be particularly threatening to birds with smaller bodies, such as robins and blue-tits, and not to mention the disastrous affects it can have on their natural food supply.

Every year a survey is held called ‘The Big Birdwatch Survey’. Last year 551,881 people voluntarily sat for an hour and counted the different species of wild birds they saw visiting their gardens. By doing this, it revealed that the number of Starlings visiting gardens has dropped 77% in the last 30 years, and the number of common House Sparrows has fallen 64%. By helping them with food and water during the winter months, not only are you doing your part for wildlife, but you are also attracting them into your garden.

Bird feeders are a great way for achieving this. Birds are shy creatures and won’t go to a place unless they feel safe. Where you place your bird feeder will determine the amount of birds that will visit. If you place it where there is a bush or a tree nearby, then the chances are high that you will get more visitors than you would if you placed it in the middle of the lawn or patio. Remember, it may still take them a few weeks before they feel safe and become regular visitors.

Bird stations are affective and ideal for gardens. The usual design of a bird station is a single pole with arms coming out nearer the top, allowing you to hang bird feeders. The amount of arms available varies from design to design, but the more arms there are, the more feeders you can have and the more food you can give. Some also come with food trays and water dishes. Bird stations also have an attractive appearance, so not only will you be providing your birds with everything they need in one place, you will also gain a nice feature in your garden. And, depending where you position it, it can also be a huge deterrent for squirrels who are famous for stealing the food you put out.

This is a sure way to attract more wildlife into your garden. The positioning of where you place their food can determine everything, but with a bird feed station providing all they need to survive in one safe place, you will be guaranteed to have many more birds visiting your garden time after time.

The weather channel complete weather station. But if you want to put up a martin house this is how I did it too. The concrete needs to be 3 feet deep so that rain won’t soften the ground around it and cause it to fall over.

The Gray Fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, in Buffalo Creek, Colorado. There is gelid turkey fat in that dish; I presume the fox is eating that and not the bird seed. The frogs in the background are barking frogs and striped chorus frogs.

Activity at a bird feeder shot through a window.

I saved and rescued a Carolina Chickadee Today. It was horrible to see and wonder if it was going to die or be fine. Luckily, it wasn’t fatally hurt and injured, thankfully. It hit the same window that the Tufted Titmouse hit a month or so earlier, and died with a seed still in his bill. Here is the full story: I was around the window with my binoculars when I heard the window collision. My cat was sleeping outside nearby. I rushed outside and saw it laying on the porch. You could see his little heart still beating and eyes moving and looking around. I was looking at it and it suddenly flew erratically and hit a few more things before falling again to the ground, this time in the dirt. My cat ran after it, but he overshot and didn’t even see where the Chickadee landed. Luckily, I did. I jumped down to the dirt where he fell, near the side of the house. He was laying on and next to a stepping stone on his side, slightly more toward the ground at about a 145 degree angle. I could see, again, his heart beating and eyes moving around. I was really worried this could be his last moments, but was hoping for the best. My cat comes back to where the bird and I am, so I rush to get the cat inside before anything happened. I didn’t want to cause him much more stress. After getting the cat inside, I ponder turning him upright onto the stepping stone with my fingers, but I end up picking up a nearby, thin stick from a bush and putting it softly on his back to turn him over. When I …

A deer in yard in Silverton, Oregon, samples cracked sunflower seeds, eats a camelia bud, goes potty in front yard, then joins rest of family across the street.

This very colorful had nested in a nearby palm tree and raised a brood of young this summer. Here we can see the adult bird foraging in a Sycamore tree, and returning numerous times to present the food to the noisy youngster, who anxiously waits nearby!