Out in my habitat it’s obvious spring is about to occur. Trees are budding, the weather is completely wonky, plants are poking up from the ground and the birds are starting to house hunt in earnest. In pre-nesting preparation, yesterday was bird house cleaning day. I realized that I have an excessive number of a [...]

While wandering about yesterday I ran across a fallen pine that had gotten hung up in another tree on it’s way down. It hadn’t fallen completely to the ground and in it was a small woodpecker home. The entrance hole was not nearly as easy to spot as it appears in the photos but that’s [...]

Okay so it’s been awhile. Long story, won’t go there… ANYHOW, on with the post and all of that. So, wildlife gardeners, I would like to recommend using Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society’s Ebird as a tool when planning a backyard habitat. It seems to be very underused by wildlife gardeners and [...]

This is a wildlife project you can do with kids or for an adult who just likes to make backyard bird friendly items. Fruit cups make great winter bird feeding when berries and natural fruit foods are getting scarce. Tip: If doing this with children, just go ahead and go outside right now. It’s messy. [...]

Birds are notorious for being attracted to door wreaths which is something I learned all about this past year. I am living in a neighborhood for the first time and decided that I would try and be neighborhoodly and get my first ever door wreath. Where I come from you don’t bother because the deer [...]