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Best Binoculars for Bird Watching

best bird watching binoculars

Birding requires time, patience and a good set of binoculars. Quality binoculars put you in the heart of the action, letting you see each bird’s tiny details up close and personal. There are many good binocular sets on the market. This makes it tough to choose a pair. To help, we’ve put together this handy … Read more

How to Keep Birds from Eating Grass Seed

Stop Birds From Eating Grass Seed

It can be extremely difficult to keep birds from eating grass seed on your front lawn or backyard. There are a number of different steps that you can take to try and prevent them from ruining your grass on your property. This article is going to provide insight into how you can take actions to … Read more

Creating a Back Yard Sanctuary that Birds Love

Wild birds, those tiny, feathered dinosaurs, bring all manner of goodness to a backyard. Even the drab ones have their own beauty. The songs of some birds are transporting to hear, and even the caw of a crow or the call of a bluejay can be comforting. Birds eat harmful bugs and are always fascinating … Read more

Where to Find Amazing Bird Feeder Plans!

Bird Feeder Plans

There’s nothing like being able to fill up a bird feeder, sit back, and watch the birds (and pesky, funny squirrels) flock around. It makes for hours of bird-watching without ever leaving your backyard! Sometimes, though, the bird feeders in stores are just too expensive for the cheap materials they’re built with. But aren’t feeders … Read more

Perky-Pet Super Carousel Wild Bird Feeder K-351

The Perky-Pet Super Carousel Wild Bird Feeder is part of a full line of bird feeder products from Perky-Pet. Since 1958 when the founder created one of the first, if not the first, commercially available hummingbird feeder. Since then, the company has gone on to create hundreds of different bird feeders and the brand is … Read more

Decorative Birdhouses for Your Garden

Songbird Essentials Bumblebee Gord-O Birdhouse

One of the most fun ways to add personality to your backyard is with the addition of a decorative birdhouse. Birdhouses come in thousands of shapes, colors, styles and themes. No matter what your hobby or style, you’ll be able to find just the right house to showcase it. Style versus function when choosing a birdhouse … Read more

What Bird Feeders do Blue Jays like?

Although some people think of Blue Jays as a nuisance, they are highly intelligent and beneficial birds to have in most yards. The trick is to give them what they need apart from the smaller songbirds. Jays are large and can be aggressive. Choose the right bird feeder just for attracting Blue Jays and you’ll … Read more

Brome Squirrel Buster Standard 1057 Review

The Brome Squirrel Buster Standard is part of a full line of squirrel deterrent products offered by Brome. If you haven’t heard of Brome, that may be because they are a relatively narrow in their focus of providing squirrel deterrent bird feeders and matching accessories. They have about a dozen products that all center around … Read more

How to Choose a Seed Bird Feeder

Bird watching is a popular hobby with many benefits to the environment and the bird population. Placing a bird feeder in your yard will allow you to sit quietly and enjoy watching the birds from the comfort of your own home. In this article, we’ll share the most common types of seed birdfeeders and how … Read more

Fix These 5 Bird Feeder Problems

Most common bird feeder problems can be overcome with a simple shift in how you think about your backyard garden. Ask yourself: Am I throwing a backyard dinner party or just shoveling hash? Think about your last dinner party It’s likely that you spent a day or two planning the menu, shopping for ingredients and setting … Read more

How to Attract Chickadees to Your Yard

Chickadees are an enchanting and friendly tiny bird. Keeping a bird feeder for Chickadees will reward you with many close encounters. These birds will often wait and watch while you fill the feeder. There are seven varieties of Chickadee in the United States. That means, no matter where you live, you probably have these birds nearby. What … Read more

How to Squirrel Proof A Birdhouse

As backyard bird enthusiasts, we often think about how to keep squirrels out of our bird feeders. What we often forget, is these pesky little creatures will often try to enter the birdhouses as well. Follow these simple steps to squirrel-proof your birdhouses this spring and help keep nests safe. Why squirrels attack nesting boxes Squirrels primarily … Read more

Magnificent USA Made Bird Feeders (3 Things to Consider)

  As we head deeper into summer, we’re spending more and more time outdoors. For those of us here in The United States, we’re gearing up for the Independence Day Holiday on July 4th. With that in mind, we thought it would be appropriate to take a few minutes to support our partners building local … Read more