Bird Watching - Backyard Birding - Bird habitats

As summers passes us time to think about the cold months ahead

Mark — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:47:18 +0000

Now that summer is just about gone, we have the cooler months ahead and then the cold ones. You can keep your birdbath out in these cooler days but a bird bath heater might be needed. Birds obviously like all other living animals need water. If you have a bird bath and you have regular visitors [...]

Update on Baby House Sparrow

Mark — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:46:58 +0000

Just a quick update on the baby house sparrow that we found in the middle of the road. The baby House Sparrow that we found stopped taking food. We decided to call a bird rescue center and drop the little guy off. While we were there my son decided to volunteer. He is now training at [...]

Baby House Sparrow

Mark — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:11:08 +0000

We have found and adopted a baby house sparrow. Just the other day while I was walking, I noticed a very small bird in the middle of the road. I watched him hop as cars flew by. I walked to the edge of the road and watched the baby sparrow. He hopped towards the middle of [...]

Got a young one interested in Birding?

Mark — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:45:28 +0000

This bird book is a great field guide for any young birder grades 4 to 7. The Young Naturalist Backyard Birder is a great book for young birders. The contents of this book are easily accessible making it possible to instill a lifelong love of birds and nature. This book features beautiful life-like illustrations [...]

The Great Egret or Ardea alba

Mark — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:42 +0000

The Great Egret is the largest white bird found in most of it’s range. The great egret’s population was greatly diminished in the early 1800’s due to plume hunters wanting the Egret’s lacy plumes that form on it’s back and tail during mating season. They are Monogamous and will nest with other wading birds such as [...]